Those who know them well assure that Aleksandre Topuria is, at least, as good at fighting as his brother Ilia, current UFC featherweight champion. El Matador will have the opportunity to consolidate his legacy this Saturday, defending the world title against the legendary Max Holloway. But when this happens, it will be time for all eyes to fall on Aleksandre, the eldest of the brothers, who has recently signed with the UFC.
One day before the highly anticipated main event of UFC 308, and after Ilia successfully overcame the worst of the battles, the weigh-in, Aleksandre attends ABC to analyze his future and the fight ahead of us. «The debut in the UFC is going to be as soon as possible, as I always wanted, it has not been able to happen, we had my brother’s fight that will be this Saturday. After Ilia’s fight We will have a date, I would like to fight before the end of the year. “When you have a brother who is the current world champion, things go wrong and change for my debut,” El Conquistador explained to this newspaper.
The truth is that, meanwhile, Aleksandre Topuria is a cornerstone in his brother’s corner, and also during the weight cut, where he has had a great presence. “You’ve been almost doing the cutting yourself, haven’t you?” «It is not the same to be in Ilia’s place, to have to lose weight, to train without carbohydrates, without drinking water, to suffer on the bicycle with the sauna suit, in the sauna… We are side by sideyes,” he points out.
With just over 24 hours until Topuria and Holloway enter the octagon, Aleksandre makes his statement about the El Matador fight. «As in all fights, strategic work has its point, each fighter brings his own style, the styles make the fights. You can’t fight everyone the same way. We have a legend like Max Holloway in front of us. The preparation has been the same or stronger, but the strategy has been different,” concludes Aleksandre.
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