^-- yeah, it really looks like the ufc is stifling georgian born fighters, like the one in your picture, who was just featured in a post fight victory and offered a title fight.
OP sucks "Soviet’"cock as usual. Weird. Longing for that lost workers’ paradise? Such a heavenly place it was, right?
But yeah, I thought Ilia was a Spaniard that moved to Georgia for a part of his life. Being born in Germany from Georgian parents and moving back to Georgia, OK, he is Georgian. Anyway, he pretty much reps both country. And while the UFC pushes the Spain angle, I doubt Topuria is forced to do so!
This concept of being multi-ethnic / national is too confusing. Ria Ora is also of Albanian background. Albania actually has a kick ass judo team for its size.
I don’t think that’s the case at all. That’s the way Tuporia wants to be marketed, obviously. Name one other time the UFC has tried to market somebody a different way than they are. They let the cards fall where they are.
Just like Khamzat. He lives in Sweden but was born in Chechnya. They don’t push him one way or the other, or try to promote him as being Swedish just because he’s from a shithole like Chechnya. The UFC doesn’t do that to anybody. They let these guys fly whatever flag they want. Quit being a fucking drama queen you cunt.
Bullshit. Khamzat has spent most of the last years in Chechyna hanging out with Kadyrov and they are panicking now because they have Ex-Soviet region fighters threatening to take over EVERY division. You think that would be good for business?