Ilia Topuria’s longtime head coach Jorge Climent has formally confirmed a mutual parting of the methods forward of Topuria’s alternative to win his second UFC belt.
Topuria faces Charles Oliveira in the principle occasion of UFC 317 on June 29 in Las Vegas for the vacant light-weight title. MMA Combating confirmed earlier this week that Topuria, alongside together with his brother UFC bantamweight Aleksandre Topuria, parted methods with the Climent brothers, which is correct info, in line with Jorge, citing logistical causes.
“It’s actual,” Climent informed Submission Radio. “He [went] to stay [in] Madrid, and I’ve my very own challenge right here with my brother… Ilia [went] to Madrid. He [has] his personal health club in his home and he desires all the power on him.
“We don’t work anymore collectively. He go on his personal, and we’re in [ours].”
Climent has been with Topuria all through his unimaginable, undefeated rise within the sport of combined martial arts, together with a UFC featherweight title win over Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 298 in February 2024, together with turning into the primary to knock out Max Holloway in his lone title protection at UFC 308 in October. Topuria went on to vacate the title on a quest to turn out to be light-weight champion.
Regardless of the Topuria brothers not working with the Climent brothers, the connection is nice and there’s no laborious emotions on both facet. Climent feels Topuria will defeat Oliveira at UFC 317, in addition to every other opponent he faces sooner or later.
“You’re feeling, all the time, this isn’t good for the sentimental feeling, however this [is] life,” Climent defined. “We go along with him on the journey and now he develop, and he desires to fly away, you understand? We’re very proud to [go as far as we did] with him. We’re very proud for the whole lot he [has done]. … In fact, we’re somewhat unhappy, however I need the whole lot in his life [to] proceed going properly. I need all good for him and his brother, and I feel that they do the identical for us. …
“I don’t know what could be sooner or later. We’ve our personal [direction right now] We love him. We love his brother. We all know he’s going to [beat] all people that [he fights] as a result of he’s one of the best.
“At all times, he’s going to be like our son.”
