Ilia Topuria gambles big in itself, because he is looking for the step for lightweight looking for more UFC gold.
The former champion of the UFC Vederweight is unbeaten in his MMA career and Ilia Topuria is one of the most impressive hunters in the division.
Here is everything you need to know about Ilia Topuria.
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How old is Ilia Topuria?
Ilia Topuria was born on January 21, 1997 and made him 28 years old from June 2025. He was born in Germany from Georgian parents, who were refugees from Abkhazia.
They returned to Georgia when Topuria was seven years old before they moved to Spain at the age of 15.
He is the first Georgian to win a title in the UFC.
Ilia Topuria's length, weight and range
“La Leyenda” is five centimeters on five feet, equal to 170 cm. He fights in the UFC Lightweight Division, after he went back to featherweight in 2025. He weighed around 145 pounds while fighting as the featherweight champion.
Topuria also has a range of 69 inches (175 cm).
Why did Ilia Topuria left the UFC -Fedweight title?
Topuria was the undefeated UFC champion Vederweight when he left the title in early 2025.
His reason was to go to lightweight for a planned title fight with Islam Makhachev, one of the toughest hunters in the promotion.
Shortly after he moved, MakhacheVet left the UFC light weight title to go to good weight, causing Topuria's opportunities to tackle it.
Ilia Topurias Walkout number
Topuria regularly changes his Walkout number. For UFC 2998 he ran to “Canción del Mariachi” by Antonio Banderas & Los Lobos. At UFC 308, however, Topuria came to ACDC's “Hell's Bells”
Ilia Topurias MMA record
Win-Loss-Draw (T) KOSUB16-06-08-0
Ilia Topurias MMA -Statistics
Significant strikes that were landed per minute. 4.69 Significant striking accuracy47%significant strikes that are absorbed per minute. Minutes 1.10
Ilia Topurias Net Worth
According to various sources, Topuria has an estimated net value of around $ 2 million, because of its success as a former UFC -Fedweight champion that remains unbeaten in the Octagon.
Ilia Topuria's next fight
The next fight by Topuria is against Charles Oliveira on UFC 317 on June 28, 2025.
The former UFC champion Vederweight challenges the Brazilian for the empty UFC light weight title, which Makhachev left for his planned fight with Topuria.
Ilia Topuria vs. Max Holloway
“La Leyenda” played Max Holloway in the third round of their long -awaited fight to keep his UFC -Fedweight title in his last defense of the belt.
This was the first knock -out loss of the career of Holloway and helped to cement Topurias undefeated series in the UFC.
Shortly after the victory, Topuria left the belt to go to the lightweight division.
Ilia Topuria vs Alexander Volkanovski
At UFC 298, Topuria Alexander Volkanovski spent one of the biggest attacks in the UFC Featherweight Division in years.
He ended the four-year reign of Volkanovski as champion in the second round, only four months after the Australian had a defeat against Makhachev for the UFC light weight title.