Forward of his first championship foray beneath the promotion’s banner this weekend, incoming UFC 298 headliner, Ilia Topuria has revealed he’ll drink as much as a “half litre of wine” the night time earlier than he formally makes weight for his title battle with Alexander Volkanovski – as a part of a trick his nutritionist divulged to him.
Topuria, boasting an unbeaten 14-0 file and the present quantity three rank at featherweight, will try and develop into the primary German-born fighter to carry Octagon gold this weekend as he headlines UFC 298 in Anaheim, taking up Australian favourite, Alexander Volkanovski.
And within the midst of a promotional good run since his debut again in 2020, Topuria, 27, most not too long ago landed a shutout choice win over Josh Emmett final summer time in a title eliminator bout atop a UFC Struggle Evening Jacksonville card.
Ilia Topuria reveals he drinks wine forward of UFC weigh ins
Trying to find the 145 pound title battle restrict this weekend throughout his official weigh-ins, Topuria claimed to have a trick up his sleeve with the intention to ease the method, within the type of the consumption of half a litre of wine – with the intention to drop as much as two kilos in a single day, and sufficiently dehydrate himself.
“Don’t do it with none advice,” Ilia Topuria instructed ESPN. “I did it the primary time becuase my nutritionist, he instructed me, ‘You must drink half litre of wine as a result of it’s going that will help you dehydrate.’ And I used to be like, ‘Are you certain?’ ‘Sure, sure, drink it.’ And he was proper. I drink the wine, get up the subsequent morning, and I’m two pound lower than I used to be [the night before].”
“I get very buzzed, very buzzed, and I’ve such a good time with everybody,” Ilia Topuria stated. “It’s like we alter the environment, you realize? We don’t take into consideration the preventing, we simply have fun, and I acquired to sleep like a child. I get up on the subsequent morning with two kilos much less, due to the dehydration, so every little thing performs out rather well for me.”
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