2023-06-25 00:12:01
The time has come for Ilia Topuria, the Spanish mixed martial arts fighter. He is getting closer to the goal and more after winning the fight against Josh Emmett in Jacksonville, United States, and thus getting a place in the top 5 of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) featherweight division. It has been a fight in which Topuria has hardly given his rival a chance, who was always tow and with no chance of harming the Spaniard. Dominance has been absolute from the beginning.
In the first round, the two respected each other, but it was the Spaniard who knew how to dominate the octagon and who ended up giving the best blows, although both measured and kept their distance, watching each other. And something similar happened in the second round, when Ilia Topuria continued to dominate the field and his rival tried to gain space with blows, without much success and without doing damage. Topuria managed to knock him to the ground in this assault, making clear his superiority. Emmett, who was looking to react, was beginning to show signs of the defeat that was coming, like blood from his nose.
The third round began with a kick from Topuria, who never lost his aggressiveness or desire to dominate his opponent. He knew it was his time and he went for it. Emmett’s face was a true reflection of the punishment he was receiving from the Spaniard. Although he was more experienced, Topuria’s hunger did not give him a break. He tried to hold on, but it was becoming more and more difficult for him. Emmett’s fight was getting very long in front of the voracity of the Spaniard.
Topuria wanted to win and he wants to win fast. Emmett wouldn’t stop bleeding from his nose. He looked very diminished, but even so he continued to compete, perhaps more out of pride than hope. It was in the fourth round when Topuria went on the attack, either in order to end the fight or at least tilt it to his side. He was crushing his rival, he threw him to the ground and there he hit him hard. The Spanish’s superiority in this round was tremendous. The doctors asked Emmetti if he wanted to quit and he said no. He received the most beautiful blow of the evening.
In the fifth round, Topuria, who saw that he had everything won, was more conservative, held the advantage, fled from melee, so as not to receive a treacherous blow and ended up winning unanimously. Topuria got his 14-0). He is the first Spanish protagonist of the UFC.”Winning this fight and Volkanovski defending the title -against the Mexican Yaír Rodríguez-, in December we have the fight for the title”, he said before starting. He is a grappler of the highest order. In his professional career he has only heard the judges’ verdict once, in his UFC debut against Moroccan Youssef Zalal, a commitment he accepted on short notice. The rest of his fights have been resolved with four knockout victories and eight submissions – 68% of his wins. Up to nine times he has finished his opponent in the first round.
Topuria has a 50% effectiveness in hitting. He delivers 3.32 significant blows per minute and receives only 2.75. In wrestling the numbers are much higher for the Spaniard, he has a 46% takedown effectiveness and an overwhelming 93% takedown defense. Mitchell, an expert in the discipline, was only able to get his back against the canvas once.
Josh Emmett, despite the fact that he came from being submitted by the Mexican Yair Rodríguez in a fight for the interim championship, was not an easy opponent, although he has not been at the level. Emmet, with six knockout victories, bases his style on powerful striking, and while not very academic, he has the power to end the fight before the limit at any time. He hasn’t been able to against Topuria.
Topuria fell short of what he had predicted to win in the first round, although he did show the superiority with which he strutted before beginning. “It depends on where I want to beat him, where I feel better during camp because I can really beat him wherever I want. I can choose. I’m better than him everywhere. I even beat him at chess if I want to,” he said.
But it was Ibai Llanos who best summed up what Topuria has done with his message on Twitter: “Don Ilia Topuria Parera.”
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