“Learned From Canelo” - Ilia Topuria Reveals Where He Got His Fighting Style

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🗓️ 12 April 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Ilia Topuria shares how he rose from unknown talent in Spain to UFC dominance. He opens up about Canelo’s influence, his ground game roots, training without pros, and why he believes he can submit Islam in front of Khabib. A fearless story of obsession, faith, and unshakable belief.

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0:00.0	Have you guys spent any time with Nate and Nick Diaz or no?
0:03.4	Never.
0:03.9	Never.
0:04.5	No.
0:05.4	What do you think about those guys?
0:07.0	I like them.
0:07.8	The character they represent in the sport, I always like it.
0:11.7	They were so much fun to watch.
0:13.2	So much fun to watch.
0:14.6	They always provide a show for the fans.
0:17.9	In the most unique way, but they would do it.
0:24.0	You can't copy that. No, you can't copy that no you can't they are special they are very special who were your favorite fighters coming up like favorite
0:28.9	i know we talk about connor we talked dyes but who were some of your favorite fight you and your
0:32.6	brother you're like oh this guy's good i like watching this guy we like from mma or anything anything we liked a lot
0:40.7	canelo canelo was and it's one of my favorite athletes yeah i learned so much from him why
0:49.1	canello technical skills i learned like we were watching his videos, his training,
0:55.4	forage, like everything.
0:57.2	And we were trying to copy that,
0:59.4	to repeat that.
1:00.5	He inspired us a lot.
1:02.5	Have you ever met him or no?
1:03.7	No, never.
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