AN insane Conor McGregor and Ilia Topuria stat has emerged following UFC 317.
Mixed martial arts’ premier promotion’s annual International Fight Week card saw Georgian-born Spaniard Topuria crowned the new king of the lightweights.
Ilia Topuria brutally knocked out Charles Oliveira at UFC 317 to claim the lightweight title[/caption]
Topuria became only the tenth two-division champion in UFC history with his demolition of ‘Do Bronx’[/caption]
An incredible stat about the Georgian-born Spaniard emerged after the biggest win of his career[/caption]
Topuria, 28, bagged his second UFC title with a blistering first-round knockout of fan favourite Charles Oliveira.
The emphatic victory, which he called, saw Topuria become only the tenth two-division champion in the promotion’s history.
It also saw him follow in the footsteps of McGregor by winning both the feather and lightweight belts.
McGregor achieved the feat nearly NINE YEARS AGO at UFC 205, aged 28, four months and ten days old.
And incredibly, Topuria got his hands on the lightweight title aged 28, four months and 21 days old.
McGregor has appeared to have kept a close eye on Topuria over the last year, so much so that he’s entertained the prospect of taking on ‘El Matador’.
And ‘The Notorious’ sent the potential new face of the UFC a congratulatory message after seeing his latest title scalp.
The Irishman wrote on X: “Congrats on winning my old titles, Ilia!
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Ilia Topuria was 11 days older than when he replicated Conor McGregor’s feat of winning both the UFC feather and lightweight titles[/caption]
“He said he’s gonna rest his balls on Paddy’s head too, haha, fair play.
“Good lightweight scrap that one is as well, in my opinion.
“UFC is back? Or still missing something?
“Three KOs back-to-back-to-back is very good.
“No one can deny the knockout. I like (the rose).
“Unlucky to Charles also. Styles make fights! You are a tremendous and legendary UFC fighter. Rest up”
Topuria was involved in a heated post-fight octagon face-off with Brit Paddy Pimblett just moments after his destruction of Oliveira.
The Georgian-born Spaniard SHOVED ‘The Baddy’ after a heated exchange, but security prevented them from engaging in a full-on brawl.
Ilia Topuria wants to his first defence of the lightweight title to be against Paddy Pimblett[/caption]
Their pair have bad blood dating back to 2021 and Topuria is itching to finally settle the score with the Liverpudlian.
He said: “Yes, that’s the fight that I want because with Charles it was a little bit of a difficult situation because I really like the guy.
“He’s a really great human being. You can’t hate him.
“You always see him surrounded by his family and friends and teammates.
“He’s an amazing human being, but in the end, I was like, ‘This is competition. I have to do my job and that’s it.’
“But with Paddy, I’m really going to enjoy kicking his a**.”
