There have been greater than three dozen units of siblings to compete underneath the UFC banner all through the historical past of the promotion, however none of them have managed to each seize UFC gold.
Ilia Topuria thinks he and his brother, new UFC signee Aleksandre Topuria, will change that.
Ilia (15-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) is at the moment the reigning UFC featherweight champion, who will look to defend his title for the primary time within the UFC 308 foremost occasion on Oct. 26 in Abu Dhabi when he takes on Max Holloway. Roughly across the time his bout grew to become official, information surfaced that Ilia’s older brother, Aleksandre (5-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) has inked a take care of the corporate.
“I’m telling you: He’s the following UFC world champion,” Ilia instructed MMA Junkie in a latest interview. “Perhaps he’s even higher than me. He’s a really, superb fighter. Very technical. Folks will take pleasure in his fights.
“After all, he can do the identical path as mine. He has the extent. He’ll determine.”
Ilia stated a date, location and opponent for Aleksandre, who competes at bantamweight, to make his octagon debut continues to be being mentioned. It won’t occur till after his bout with Holloway happens.
“I don’t suppose they’re going to place him in Abu Dhabi,” Ilia stated. “We requested for him to struggle in Paris. They instructed us that that Paris card was full. Then we tried to place him in the identical card however they instructed us that they don’t have an excellent expertise placing two brothers on the identical card. So I thunk they’re going to place him after my struggle.”
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