A few days ago, Ilia Topuria announced that she was not going through her best personal moment and that, for this reason, she would not defend her belt in January. Since then, The fighter intervened publicly, but no longer discussed his family situation.. We know he’s going through a difficult time, but little more.
In the past few hours, his friend Merab Dvalishvili wanted to reassure his supporters that he had spoken to him and that he knew that as far as he was concerned, he was fine. “Ilia is fine. I talked to him, and you know, that’s life. Life hits you hard sometimes, and it affected Ilia. The only thing he told me about all this is that he really wanted to fight in January, but because of this family matter he won’t be able to do it. It’s a shame, but I’m sure this will resolve these issues and come back even stronger“, clarified the current bantamweight champion in an interview with MD.
Several fighters have already expressed their concern and solidarity with Topuria. Fighters are sometimes seen as stars, as entities foreign to human life.but that is not the case. Sometimes, certain processes make the evolution of professional life very difficult and you have to reconcile: devoting time to family and yourself. Now it’s happening in Topuria.
Beyond Ilia, Dvalishvili also wanted to have words for Aleksandre Topuria, emphasizing that he believes we will soon see him among the best. “He will be the best, and soon we will see him in the Top 10. He has what it takes to be the next championThat’s for sure, but I’m not going to fight him in any way,” the Georgian said.
Merab Dvalishvili will defend his belt against Pierre Yan at UFC 323. The event will take place next weekend in Las Vegas. The current champion is in a tremendous state of confidence, but facing him he will find a very difficult fighter. It’s true that Yan He has five losses, but almost all of them have been very close.. No one has knocked him out and he controls the fight perfectly and hits perfectly. Your problem may be with cardio, where Merab is fireproof.