Aleksandre Topuria’s turbulent past: “I lost a fight and began to have some street problems”

Aleksandre Topuria’s career in the UFC is already a reality. After arduous work, the Hispanic-Georgian finally made its debut effective in the largest Mixed Martial Arts League (MMA) on the planet. In UFC 312 he was able to impose himself to the local Colby Thicknesse with a great performance that made him take the unanimous decision. For a long time, Aleksandre was only known as the Brother and coach of Ilia Topuriabut what not many know is that both races began in parallel. The detail was that after a defeat, the conqueror (Aleksandre Topuria nickname) left his competitive path aside to support his brother. However, during that time, the Hispanic-Georgian had a series of issues.

«Sometimes my mind becomes a Little crazyI lost a fight and began to have some Street problems I already moved in a way that did not have to do it, ”Aleksandre revealed after his victory at UFC 312 in an interview in ‘Full Send MMA’. The truth is that these past tortuous and around the conflicts do not clash with that of other MMA elite fighters who finally managed to channel themselves.

Sean Strickland himself, present in the same evening, has commented that in the past he was going down the street wishing to get into trouble hitting someone. However, the important thing is not like your past, but your present and how you managed to get out of that hole. In the case of Aleksandre, his story dates back to 2015, when he fell knocked against Ivanov. As he says, he was not exempt from street problems after defeat. It was a hard stick that weighed on the young man of just 19 years.

Even with everything, he was able to get out of that well where he was and recover the focus. Something key to it was to focus on helping his brother in training, adopting, practically, the figure of his main coach. He continued with his own training and recovered his strong mentality. «I always knew that one day the time would come where I would have to shine»The conqueror said in the interview. Be that as it may, the past is, and the current reality is that Aleksandre Topuria is a fighter of the UFC with a promising trajectory ahead.