In this last season Pablo Motos has done one of the interviews most anticipated of the “El Hormiguero” season. The guest was none other than Ilia Topuria: UFC featherweight champion and one of the brightest stars from the world of mixed martial arts.
Known for his impressive run inside the octagon and his iron mentality, Topuria hshared throughout the evening some of the most unpublished details of his personal and professional life, including his exhaustive training routine and his constant struggle to stay in shape, a crucial aspect for any elite fighter.
Born in Georgia in 1997 and naturalized Spanish, Ilia Topuria is one of the most feared fighterss and respected in the UFC.
Despite his youth, he has earned recognition for his skill in the cage and his relentless focus on every fight.
Known worldwide as “El Matador”, his unbridled career has taken him to the top of featherweight
The interview in ‘El Hormiguero’
During the interview, Pablo Motos He has not wasted time in investigating and searching for the most personal aspects and professionals in Topuria’s life, which included her mental approach, the emotional challenges she faces, and of course, her diet and fitness regimen.
One of the most interesting moments was chen Topuria reflected on how his childhood in Georgiaduring the war with Russia, made him mature before his time. “These are things that make you mature before your time. These are lessons for which I am grateful,” commented the champion, who also highlighted the importance of maintaining calm and emotional control before each fight.
Regarding how he faces his rivals, Topuria He made it clear that his respect is unwavering: “I have professional respect for my rivals, even if I don’t have the opportunity to meet them. I show respect in my preparations.” ANDThe fighter also shared his focus on visualization, a process that helps you maintain your focus and achieve your goals: “The first thing you need to know is what you want to do in your life. When you are clear about what you want to become, you have to have faith that it will happen.”
The diet of a champion
One of the most anticipated moments of the interview was when Ilia Topuria talked about her strict diet: a crucial aspect in her career as a UFC fighter. Your physical preparation It not only includes intense training, but also tough eating discipline, especially when a fight is approaching and you have to reach the weight limit of your category.
Topuria also talks about the sacrifices that her eating regimen entails and the mental impact it has: “Everything makes you very angry, you are much more sensitive to things and you don’t have the same thought process that you have when you are well hydrated and fed. The last thing you can take away from a person is food.” He stated that the weight loss process is one of the hardest moments those he must face, describing it as “going through hell,” but at the same time, he explained that those moments allow him to get to know himself better.
When talking about your weighing ritual, the champion commented: “It’s a blessing. Never in history have I been on the weight the day before weighing. “I counted every second.” After the intense sauna and dehydration sessions necessary to reach the weight limit, the first thing he consumes after weighing in is water: “The first thing after weighing in is water. I go 24 hours without drinking and with saunas.”
However, once the weigh-in had passed, Topuria admitted with a smile what his guilty pleasures are: “I always dream of pasta, pizza. I’m also into Nutella, it’s my ritual: with Omar (Montes) We eat a boatload between the two of us.” Although strict, Topuria’s diet includes these moments of indulgence, which he believes help keep his morale high and recharge his batteries before each fight.
Ilia Topuria’s trick to lose weight with 10 minutes of exercise a day
Qasked about his new projector, Ilia Topuria has spoken about ‘Invictos’: a tool where he makes available to the entire population the experts who have helped him get to where he is and where he will talk about health and well-being through modules so that everyone world can reach its best version.
This was the moment when Pablo Motos asked him what a father or mother can do to lose weight if you don’t have much time. The champion has answered that the key is knowing how much time you have and being consistent. Thus, he has revealed that with just “10 minutes a day” being constant, the first day you will not notice the change but with the passage of time when you take a look at yourself in the mirror “You will not recognize yourself.”