Aleksandre Topuria is making his personal means on this planet nevertheless it’s not possible to not discover his well-known final identify because the brother of UFC featherweight champion Ilia Topuria. Now the 29-year-old prospect might be going to listen to it much more in his debut at UFC 312 after getting a brand new opponent with ties to Alexander Volkanovski.
On Wednesday, UFC officers introduced that Cody Haddon is out of his struggle at UFC 312 as a consequence of harm however changing him is undefeated Australian prospect Colby Thicknesse, who’s a longtime coaching accomplice of Volkanovski.
In actual fact, Volkanovski is planning to nook Thicknesse in his octagon debut in Australia when he faces Topuria.
“How good is that this? Very excited for Colby,” Volkanovski mentioned together with the announcement. “There’s not a extra deserving individual than Colby Thicknesse. He’s most likely the toughest employee I do know on the planet. He’s acquired coronary heart. He’s acquired the self-discipline. Nobody’s extra dedicated than this man.”
Volkanovski praised Thicknesse as one in all his fundamental coaching companions for many of his profession and their friendship dates again when the UFC newcomer was nonetheless simply a young person. Now Volkanovski has the chance to assist Thicknesse prepare for a short-notice alternative towards Topuria in his native Australia.
Topuria enters the UFC with a 5-1 document together with three victories in a row all by knockout.
The brand new struggle between Topuria and Thicknesse stays on the UFC 312 prelims with the occasion scheduled to happen on Feb. 8 from Sydney, Australia.
The primary occasion that night time sees middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis tackle Sean Strickland in a rematch whereas Zhang Weili places her strawweight title on the road towards Tatiana Suarez within the co-main occasion.
