Ilia Topuria

Georgian and Spanish mixed martial artist (born 1997)

伊利亚·托普里亚 · イリア・トプリア · 일리아 토푸리아

Born

21 January 1997, Halle

Citizenship

Spain, Georgia

Sport

mixed martial arts

Occupation

professional wrestler, mixed martial arts fighter

Height

173 cm (5 ft 8 in)

Ilia Topuria (Georgian: ილია თოფურია; born January 21, 1997) is a Georgian and Spanish professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He became the 10th multi-division champion where he is the former UFC Lightweight Champion and Featherweight Champion, becoming the first Georgian and Spanish fighter to win a UFC championship and first undefeated fighter to win UFC championships in two divisions. As of June 16, 2026, he is #1 in the Meta UFC lightweight rankings, and #5 in the UFC men's pound-for-pound rankings.

Fight Matrix ranks him in the top 10 featherweight's of all time and the top 25 lightweight's of all time. Topuria has a 95.2% takedown defense rate being the #2 all-time in UFC Takedown Defense.

Awards and honours

• Order of Honour

External links

• Wikipedia
• Sherdog
• IMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q97185032 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.