During the months that the Camp for UFC 317 has lasted, a shadow has accompanied Iliary Top (16-0) In practically all times. It was the one Jesus Gallo, Cuban physical trainer based in Miami who, finally, has transferred his base of operations to Madrid to be in the day -to -day life of the 'Matador' next to Dr. Aldo. “It was time to do it,” he confesses to Marca.
And although it is a 'classic' in the preparations of the Hispanic-Georgian, and one of the culprits of his brilliant career, this time he has been on a day-to-day basis. Protagonist in numerous videos shared by Topuria, such as races at the Car de Madrid or Sauna in the Institute of Las Vegas. And in the previous one, Talk to a brand about how the former featherweight champion has prepared to face Charles Oliveira (35-10) This next weekend.
The 'Matador' hurries his last week before combat while combining training with the weight loss
Ask. They arrived in Las Vegas on June 10, how has acclimatization gone?
Answer. Ilia is fine, those who have not adapted to heat are us (laughs, ed.)
Q. How do you fight that?
R. For heat I don't think there is anything. It is only every day to take a little more and more heat until the body gets used. In the sleeping part I think it is something that yes or does have to spend a few days for the body to get used to what you do. In my opinion it has always been so. You want to sleep, do not want to sleep, you want to calculate the time … Three days pass and we are all right.
Jesús Gallo, next to Ilia Topuria after being crowned in UFC 298 vs Volkanovski.
P. Ilia said in the past that I would not want to fight well in the morning (it would do so if a numbered event in Spain), in Las Vegas will go to the cage shortly after midnight, local time. Better, right?
R. This is something that is by individual, it is something individualized, and I think everyone has their preference. There are some fighters who can get used to and there are fighters who cannot get used to certain hours. But in this case it is not what we are experiencing, and I think we have already been here enough to be able to acclimatize. In the time we are going to fight … I think it will be the perfect time.
Q. Million's question: How is Ilia in the light weight?
R. This is your weight. We made a greater effort to fight in a weight that was not ideal. So we are where it belongs to us.
This is your weight. We made a greater effort to fight in a weight that was not ideal
Q. And the wélter to be triple champion? Is it really viable?
R. I think it's a possibility.
P. Ilia has to lose almost five kilos less with respect to the pen. The other day they told me from the team that could give the weight in 48 hours if necessary.
R. That's right, we are not yet in the process of cutting weight (the interview was conducted on Saturday, ed.) … But if I had to give it in 48 hours, it could do it.
The 'Matador' shared on social networks part of his camp
Q. The feeling that Topuria transmits and you, your team, is a continuous search for perfection. They improve, polish, in each camp, after each fight …
R. Actually we never look for perfection, we look for the results. If you go in search of perfection, you lose the most important thing, which is the essence of what you are trying to do.
Actually we never look for perfection, we look for the results
Q. Fight Week has already started. That is, week of commitments, photo sessions, interviews, press conferences … a lot 'mess' to combat.
R. The most overwhelming of a Fight Week is routine, anxiety and waiting for Saturday to arrive. I think that is what most 'kills' a team, a fighter. But I think we have been here for a long time and we have found ourselves in this situation many times to be able to handle this in the best possible way. I think we are doing it as we have always done.
The most overwhelming of a Fight Week is routine, anxiety and waiting for Saturday to arrive
Q. Do the nerves exist in the Ilya Topuria team?
R. We have confidence that all we have done is enough to achieve the result we have to achieve. You know, in the end the team is always very quiet and I believe that this makes the difference of our team against the rest, because in our team you will never see a negative word. Always the positive mentality, the winning mentality … we work a lot every day for this moment. Obviously one can get nervous, of course they must enter … if not, you would not be a person. But then you think about all the work you carry behind, in all the sacrifice we have done, and that is what makes those nerves become even more energy to face the key moment.
