UFC superstar Ilia Topuria has jokingly offered his services to Real Madrid boss Xabi Alonso, who is on the hunt for a new striker
Georgian-born Spaniard Topruia is one of the slickest strikers in the sport of mixed martial arts and has electrified the UFC with a string of emphatic knockouts.
Madrista Topuria is quite the football player[/caption]
Topuria has offered his services to new Real Madrid boss Xabi Alonso[/caption]
But he’s also a dab hand on the pitch, so much so that he shared his footie skills in an Instgram video for his 7.7 million followers to see.
The 28-year-old posted a video of himself dribbling past his training partners as they took some downtime from preparations for his UFC 317 next weekend.
And the Real superfan sent a message to new Los Blancos boss Alonso, who is in the market for a back-up striker for Kylian Mbappe.
His accompanying caption read: “I’m not saying anything but @realmadrid needs a Matador.”
Topuria, who was presented at the Bernabeu last February after his brutal featherweight title-winning knockout of Alexander Volkanovski, had his comments section flooded by Madridistas.
One commented: “Warm up, you’re playing tomorrow.”
Another said: “The terror of defences (no one dares to protest)”
And another said: “Better than Cristiano.”
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Ilia Topuria is pals with Real Madrid legend Sergio Ramos[/caption]
One remarked: “Topurinho.”
Another chimed in: “Barcelona, you have a new problem.”
Topuria is pals with Real legend Sergio Ramos, who was cageside for his sole featherweight title defence against Max Holloway last October.
‘El Matador’ will bid to become a two-division champion a week on Sunday morning when he fights Charles Oliveira for the vacant lightweight title in the main event of UFC 317 in Las Vegas.
And he plans to win his second belt in as equally devastating a fashion as his first.
He said: Charles is a great fighter.
“I’d say he’s a legendary fighter, one of the few still active in the UFC.
“But the truth is that his style fits perfectly with mine to put him to sleep in the first round.
“Because he has no mobility, he doesn’t move.”
Ilia Topuria returns to the octagon next weekend to face Charles Oliveira for the vacant lightweight title[/caption]
