Name Ilya Topuria He is still on everyone’s lips after his exhibition in WFC 308, Where he became the first fighter who was able to hit Max Holloway. The performance of ‘Matador’ left everyone’s mouth open and gave him the status not only of a great MMA figure, but of a sports star all over the world.
The fact is that in the days before his fight and in the round that followed, UFC General Manager Dana White spoke about the landing of the UFC in Spain. He has been referring to this for some time, but this time he spoke for the first time about the options being considered: “We will go to Spain in 2025”He confirmed and, having asked his advisers , was released at the official press conference of FC 308: “It will be in Madrid or Barcelona”.
At that time, Topuria commented that he had an outstanding conversation with white to “convince him” that he should take the first event that the company is doing in our country to Santiago Bernabeu ERMO Stadium, Although the WFC coach is not very ‘friend’ of the big stadiums. In any case, Dana puts Barcelona in the race to host a great evening. And it won’t be just anyone, because the presence of a featherweight champion will guarantee a truly luxurious undercard.
Well, according to Informa RAC1, The Barcelona city council refuses to host a mixed martial arts evening , in this case from the NFL, Because Do not want to promote this sport. It should be noted that on October 19 an evening of F. C. in Barcelona, In Palau Val d’abron. Although we are not talking about a similar step to UFC , it can be said that The city of Barcelona has already hosted MMA events of a certain caliber. Although the WFC has its own demands in exchange for organizing one of the coveted evenings, it seems that in this case it is an ideological issue that keeps Barcelona away in this race.
