Topuria shows up with insane UFC 317 Body transformation after shock career decision

By Shereen Bhan On Jun 10, 2025

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Ilia Topuria has undergone a dramatic body transformation for his octagonal return.

Spaniard, born in Georgia, is just over two weeks away from a challenge for the lightweight title in the main event of UFC 317 In Las Vegas.

Ilia Topuria from Spain is celebrating a knockout victory with the UFC Featherweight Championship Belt. — Ilia Topuria will return to the Octagon later this monthCredit: Getty

UFC 317: Topuria vs Oliveira, World Lightweight Championship Fight Poster. — The former featherweight King will challenge Charles Oliveira for the empty lightweight titleCredit: UFC

Ilia Topuria that bends his biceps in a UFC movement. — Topuria no longer has to cut a stone of weight to make 144 poundsCredit: Getty

Three men pose together, one shirtless and hold a medal. — The 28-year-old looks incredibly muscular for the lightweight debutCredit: Instagram

Topuria, 28, will challenge the former title holder Charles Oliveira for the belt that was recently abandoned by pound-for-pound king Islam Makhachev.

The fight will be the first of Topuria since he announced his own vacation of the featherweight belt and a movement until 155 pounds in February.

Smooth peak has used in recent months to set up a considerable size and now has a considerably more muscular framework.

Snaps of Topuria’s Bulkier Physique sent Mma Fans in Meltdown, saying one: “That grin when you know that you are about to be 17-0 and add another belt to the collection.”

Another said, “He will be a threat at 155.”

And another said, “Ilia Topuria looks jacked.”

It was noted: “My boy who sees Thicc as F ** k.”

Another chimed in: “He is a real problem at 155. Nobody else has that ko current In that division except Charles, but it is not the same as that of Topuria. “

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Ilia Topuria Knock -Out Max Holloway eliminated in a UFC Feedweight Championship fight. — Ilia Topuria brutally eliminated fan favorite Max Holloway in his last fight at VederweightCredit: Getty

Topuria’s Moving Up to Lightweight came on the back of a devastating first and last defense of the 145 pound title against Max Holloway last October.

He went up so that he would no longer have to lose STONE To make the featherweight limit.

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Topuria’s collision with Oliveira will not only be his first at lightweight, it will also be his first fight since leaving his old trainers, The Climent Brothers.

‘El Matador’ recently left the Alicante Climent Club, which is run by the brothers Jorge and Augustin, as he made Madrid His training basis.

The split was an amicable, with Jorge telling Submission radio: “You always feel, this is not good for the sentimental feeling, but this [is] to live.

“We go on the journey with him and now he is growing, and he wants to fly away, you know?

“We are very proud [go as far as we did] With him.

‘We are very proud of everything he has [has done].

Four UFC hunters pose together. — Ilia Topuria’s collision with Charles Oliveira will be his first since the splitting of his old coachesCredit: Getty

“Of course we are a bit sad, but I want everything in his life [to] Keep going well.

“I all want good for him and his brother, and I think they do the same for us.

‘I don’t know what’s in the future.

“We have our own [direction right now] We love him. We love his brother.

“We know he’s going [beat] Everyone that [he fights] Because he is the best.

“Always, he will be like our son.”

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