Ilia Topuria

Ilia Topuria is a Georgian and Spanish mixed martial artist, born on 21 January 1997 in Halle, Germany, to Georgian parents who were refugees from Abkhazia. He grew up in Georgia and then Alicante, Spain, where he began training Brazilian jiu-jitsu at 15 and later became the first Georgian black belt in the art. After regional fights in Spain, Cage Warriors and Brave Combat Federation, he joined the Ultimate Fighting Championship in 2020. He became the tenth UFC multi-division champion, winning the Featherweight and Lightweight championships, and was the first undefeated fighter to win UFC titles in two divisions. He has a takedown defense rate above 95 percent.