The tenth double champion in the history of the UFC, Ilia Topuria, spoke about her next fight. And there is no doubt about the location of it.
During the night from Saturday to Sunday, the UFC 317 was held, a real icing on the cake of this “International Fight Week”. And in hand event, headlining of this card, was a fanatical Hispano-Georgian from Real Madrid: Ilia Topuria.
After folding the Alexander Volkanovski icon for the Featherweight belt, followed by Max Holloway during his defense. Undefeated Ilia Topuria took the risk of mounting a category in order to become the tenth double champion in the history of the organization.
But in front of him, was another legend of this sport, in the person of Charles Oliveira. What does it matter for the now Madrid. Because this Sunday morning (French time), it only took a round to Ilia Topuria to finish the Brazilian.
Ilia Topuria is clear for the Bernabéu
An XXL performance, a historic run … Finally, not for The killer Who already thinks of a more immense challenge. And Real Madrid in all of this is more than concerned. Because in the after-combat, Ilia Topuria did not do lace at the microphone of Mark : « 2026, Santiago Bernabéu, it will happen, it's inevitable. It would be like a Champions League match: Spain, Georgia, all English (for Paddy Pimblett). It would be chaos ».
The Georgian of blood but Spanish at heart loves Madrid. He intends to return everything that the city and Casa Blanca gave him. Support for the first time of his young career, Ilia Topuria left Alicante to prepare in the Iberian capital. Lovers of this country, The killer puts all the chances on her side to convince Dana White to bring the UFC into Iberian land. And what is more at the Bernabéu.
And difficult event to organize
Now the ball is in the American organization camp … but also and above all of Real Madrid. On the one hand, if the aficionados of Ilia Topuria wish to see El Matador fight at home, the latter will surely have to watch out very late. Because yes, apart from if you name yourself Turki al-Sheikh, a belt defense at the UFC is modeled on the time zone across the Atlantic. Or about 3-4 in the morning.
It is indeed unthinkable for the UFC to put their new golden eggs in the ring in the ring in a simple “fight night”, as is for example the case in Paris. So this is also a problem for the Bernabéu by conflicts of interest that such an event would generate in view of the late schedule.
