Ulli topuria He feels nervous, much less, given this new challenge along the way. “It feels like all the other fights,” he says from Las Vegas during his speech at the Media Day of the UFC. This morning of Sunday in Spain, The killer seeks to become the tenth champion of the developer Queen of the MMA Before the ex -champion of the light weight Charles Oliveira, of whom he fears anything on the octagon.
“The greatest danger is not to give weight. If you give weight, we will enjoy and win, “Topuria commented in the Corrillo with the Spanish journalists on his rival. On the will of the Brazilian to go forward, to impose his style in the fight, the 28 -year -old fighter was very sharp.”This is what he will try to do, not what he will get. He will try to go forward, but he will not find a way to do it and I will make him play my game, ”he valued in his speech with the Anglo -Saxon press.
“I'm not going to retire from sport without competing in Spain”
Before the press, rather, Topuria focused more on his future plans, giving the victory over Oliveira, whom he says absolutely. “The best thing for me would be to fight with Islam Makhachev in the 170 pounds, that would be the ideal setting “he commented clearly. The approach is that the Daguestaní and the Hispanic-Georgian can be found in a super fight between champions when they both already have their belt in the light weight and the wéter weight and, consequently, members of the double UFC champions club. Topuria would have in the 170 pounds the opportunity to assault the triple crown, never seen at the cusp of the world MMA.
Topuria, visibly relaxed, was very satisfied to have closed the feather weight folder, where he suffered much more than anyone would like. “I have been able to enjoy the whole processand when I was in the pen, at this point I felt very, very badly in the other cuts. It has been a great decision to make the leap, “he valued, without worrying about the negative experience that other legends that took the same step in the past. “That is your experience, mine will be different. I feel great,” He assured when asked about the words of Dustin Poirier or Oliveira himself, who took several fights to sharpen his game in the new weight.
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The matador, After the feint with the label of LegendHe said he will go up to the octagon more complete than ever. “I am better fighter now, more mature, with much more experience. You will see a better version of me “he said before the media, the great star of the Middle Day of the UFC in Las Vegas. On the rival, he wanted to underline that there was no other better for this fight for the title: “Charles is the best light weight of the momentdiscounting Islam. ”
Topuria does not yet know who will be supporting him among his recurring friends, and is that Sergio Ramos It depends on the calendar of the FIFA Club World Cup that is also played, yes, in the United States. Following the football theme, the pique with Cristiano Ronaldobut the Hispanic-Georgian seems to have buried the ax. “No, at all. We are fine,” he replied when they reminded him of his previous exchanges. Topuria, Madrid confessed, said he was very happy with the choice of white club coach with Xabi Alonso.
By expanding the sights towards other future challenges, Topuria insisted that he did not plan to retire from discipline without having stepped on an octagon in Spain, with the idea of Santiago Bernabéu still between eyebrow and eyebrow. “I'm not going to retire from sport without competing in Spain”he said. The negotiation of the new television contracts of the UFC will be key in the landing of the American company in the country.
