Why is Ilia Topuria parting methods with the Climent brothers earlier than UFC 317 title struggle?
In response to Prat’s report in Marca, Topuria and the Climent brothers are parting on good phrases. Their break up relies on logistics, greater than anything.
“The events stay in several cities, and their a number of skilled initiatives stop them from collaborating in the identical manner they all the time have,” Prat reported in Spanish. He added that the Topuria brothers thank their former coaches “for all these years of mutual studying and development, and sincerely want all of them the very best in all their initiatives.”
It stays to be seen who Topuria may have on his group as he ramps up coaching for UFC 317.
Topuria claimed the featherweight title with a powerful knockout of MMA legend Alexander Volkanovski early final yr. Later within the yr, he defended the belt with a knockout of Max Holloway. Holloway had by no means been stopped by strikes earlier than. It was quickly after that Topuria determined to vacate the belt and transfer as much as light-weight.
Topuria campaigned relentlessly for a struggle with pound-for-pound king Islam Makhachev, who has held the light-weight belt for years. Nevertheless, Makhachev additionally vacated his belt to alter divisions. He’s anticipated to problem welterweight champ Jack Della Maddalena for the welterweight belt quickly.
