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Ilia Topuria

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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), where he is the current UFC Lightweight Champion. A professional since 2015, Topuria is the former UFC Featherweight Champion, becoming the first Georgian and Spanish fighter to win a UFC championship. As of November 18, 2025, he is #2 in the UFC men's pound-for-pound rankings. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Ilia Topuria is the 55th most popular martial arts (up from 76th in 2024), the 5,179th most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,644th in 2019) and the most popular German Martial Arts.

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Among MARTIAL ARTS

Among martial arts, Ilia Topuria ranks 55 out of 179. Before him are Toyokazu Nomura, Christian Tissier, Francis Ngannou, Mariusz Pudzianowski, Ronda Rousey, and Jérôme Le Banner. After him are Fabrício Werdum, Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, Lyoto Machida, Israel Adesanya, Justin Gaethje, and Alistair Overeem.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1997, Ilia Topuria ranks 42. Before him are Richarlison, Raye, Renato Sanches, Nicolò Barella, Taylor Fritz, and Unai Simón. After him are Federico Dimarco, Jeļena Ostapenko, Artem Dovbyk, Benjamin White, Gabriel Jesus, and Robert Sánchez.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ilia Topuria ranks 5,182 out of 7,253. Before him are Hans Pflügler (1960), Herbert Neumann (1953), Heinz Fütterer (1931), Erwin Kremers (1949), Dietmar Bartsch (1958), and Manfred Wolke (1943). After him are Tilly Edinger (1897), Erich Hamann (1944), Stefan Kießling (1984), Hans Liesche (1891), Christoph Brüx (1965), and Artur Knautz (1911).

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Among MARTIAL ARTS In Germany

Among martial arts born in Germany, Ilia Topuria ranks 1. After him are Udo Quellmalz (1967), Frank Wieneke (1962), Sven Loll (1964), Frank Möller (1970), Marko Spittka (1971), Andreas Tölzer (1980), Anna-Maria Gradante (1976), and Giovanna Scoccimarro (1997).

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