Once more confirming plans to stand and point to the center of the Octagon during the initial goings of his UFC 308 headliner with Max Holloway, unbeaten champion, Ilia Topuria urged the Hawaiian to follow suit for the fans ahead of their Abu Dhabi featherweight title fight during their pre-fight press conference.
Topuria, the current undisputed featherweight champion, will headline UFC 308 this weekend in his first attempted defense of the divisional crown, taking on former champion and current symbolic BMF champion, Holloway in the pair’s heated grudge fight.
Winning the divisional crown at UFC 298 back in February of this year, unbeaten striker, Ilia Topuria most recently landed the undisputed featherweight title with a stunning second round win over common-opponent, Alexander Volkanovski, finishing the New South Wales native with a brutal stoppage win via strikes.