It looks like reigning UFC featherweight world champion Ilia Topuria will defend his title for the first time in his home country.
In February, ‘El Matador’ scored a second-round knockout of Alexander Volkanovski to claim the 145-pound crown. Immediately following the victory, Topuria expressed his desire to defend the title in Spain — preferably inside the Santiago Bernabeu, the home stadium of Real Madrid.
Taking to social media, Topuria revealed that there is a date set for the UFC’s debut in Reino de España.
Topuria dropped the news mere hours after the promotion announced its return to Paris, France for the third consecutive year.