Australian Bantamweight Makes His Debut At UFC 312 Against Aleskandre Topuria
By Maddyn Johnstone-Thomas • Feb. 6, 2025
Colby Thicknesse always knew this moment would come. But he didn’t know it would be in front of a crowd in his home country on a big pay-per-view card. That made getting the call to step in on short notice against Aleksandre Topuria that much sweeter.
“Funny enough, I was working my security job and was just in my car, watching a school site that got broken into, and then Ilia's manager hit me up on Instagram,” Thicknesse said.