Recently-crowned
UFC featherweight champion Ilia
Topuria received some lofty recognition in his home
country.

Topuria was honored at the Real Madrid soccer game at the Santiago
Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid, Spain, on Sunday. More than 85,000 fans
were in attendance as Topuria arrived with his championship belt
and performed the honorary opening kickoff to begin the match.

Topuria’s star power in his home country is a major reason why the
UFC hopes to bring an event to Spain in the near future.

“I would love to go to Spain so we’ve got to figure that out,” UFC
CEO Dana White said at Saturday’s post-fight press conference in
Mexico City. “We’ll start grinding and try to make that happen but
the answer is yes, I want to do that and I want to do that this
year.”

Topuria improved to 15-0 at
UFC 298, when he knocked out Alexander
Volkanovski in the second-round to claim featherweight gold at
the Honda Center in Anaheim, California on Feb. 17.

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