One more time, Ilia Topuria (17-0) he ‘stole’ the show UFC. It was at the press conference of UFC Freedom 250 (the White House event) that took place last night in Newark. He defended Alex Pereira (13-3), double champion and another of the UFC’s superstars, against Josh Hokit (9-0). He faced a heavyweight who in his last fight weighed 105 kilos on the scale… compared to 70 for the ‘Matador’. Without thinking twice, he dressed as a superhero to ‘save’ one of the public’s most beloved fighters: ‘Poatan’. Before, however, he stopped with MARCA to talk at the Prudential Center about the crazy last week he has lived… with a visit to the White House already donald trump included.
Ask. Very interesting, intense week… What has it been like to be in the White House and meet Donald Trump?
Answer. Let’s see, it was great, really. A unique experience. A little tired of all the promotion… it’s been a pretty, pretty hard week. We have been non-stop, really. But hey, this is the only thing left. It has been a great experience.
A unique experience. A little tired of all the promotion… it’s been a pretty, pretty hard week
Ilia Topuria
LAPRESSE.
Q. That moment in which you spoke with Trump, who said to him: ‘Hey, how do you turn a friend of yours against me…?’ has gone viral. That personality to go to the President of the United States and say that…
R. Let’s see, there was a moment when he said: ‘Justin is a friend of mine…’ and suddenly I thought, I say: ‘Why did you want to give your friend the hardest test?’. And well, it was good, it was good really.
Q. How did you see Justin in that first meeting, that first face to face?
R. I always take a good look at all my opponents before the fight. They always want to convey that energy, that they are not worried, that they have that confidence, that certainty that they are going to win… but well, in the end I don’t base anything, any of my game, my confidence or my faith or on how my opponents look. No matter how they look, I know what the result is going to be.
No matter what my opponents look like, I know what the result is going to be.
Ilia Topuria
Yes, it was the brutal clash between Ilia Topuria and Josh Hokit at the UFC Casa Blanca press conference
Q. You are breaking barriers in Spanish sport: first double UFC champion, it is not normal in Spain to see a Spanish athlete in the Oval Office of the White House… you are doing things that no one has ever done.
R. I love it, honestly. I am very proud and feel very blessed to be able to live and experience moments like this. It has been a great step, without a doubt, to be able to be in the White House, to be able to speak with the President and now in 4 or 5 weeks we will be in the gardens of the White House breaking records.
It has been a great step, without a doubt, to be able to be in the White House
Ilia Topuria
Q. A little bird told me that they told me that there is an option there on the table which is: you win, Islam wins in August, if he fights in August finally… at the end of the year, Abu Dhabi.
R. Let’s see, that bird hasn’t gotten to me yet. They’re all rumors, they’re all things that are said behind the scenes, but hey… we’re here, you know, to do our job. We love writing history. Without a doubt, a fight like that would put a big stamp on our book and continue writing history, so whatever has to happen, will happen. We will be caught prepared, that is without a doubt.
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