“I believe Ilia Topuria will be champion tonight, even if it means beating my favorite fighter, Alex Volkanovski,” Merab Dvalishvili told Joe Rogan and the crowd at UFC 298 in Anaheim after defeating Henry Cejudo. Sure enough, Ilia Topuria went on to defeat Volkanovski and claim the featherweight title. ‘El Matador’ became the first Georgian-Spaniard […]The post Ilia Topuria Backs Merab Dvalishvili in a Heartwarming Post Ahead of UFC 316 Rematch Against Sean O’Malley appeared first on EssentiallySports.

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