“I felt my reflection in him”

ANDI’m an ex-cyclist counter Albertowho went to Anaheim to support Ilya Topuria in his historic fight won by knockout against Alexander Volkanovski at the Honda Center, spoke about his experience with the first Spanish UFC world champion and revealed the origins of his “personal union”.

“We met once and then started communicating on social networks. We met one day when he was holding an exhibition in Madrid, and from the first moment I had great admiration for him… As an athlete and how clearly he understood what he wanted.” achieve,” he said. Alberto Contador said Juanma Castaño

V “Big Game COPE”.

In many ways, I also felt reflected in Topuria. He visualized his achievements and I also visualized winning the Tour de France.

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“In many ways I also felt reflected in Topuria. He visualized what he had achieved and I also visualized winning the Tour de France. This is what he did from the first moment we had such a connection,” admitted the man from Pinto.

Regarding Topuria’s fight in the USA, the former cyclist revealed that “it was $1,500 to get in where I was” and explained that he could have spoken to Ilya a few days before the fight, but on the day of the fight he did. not: “When I do these things, I like to put myself in the place where I was when I competed.

On the possible match of Ilya Topuria at the Santiago Bernabeu, Contador did not want to interfere with the question of whether he could fill the Real Madrid stadium: The Bernabeu is very big… But it will depend on who he will fight against. Against McGregor it would be something huge.”

“Topuria involves the viewer and does not cause indifference, which is what the UFC strives for,” he noted.

Alberto Contador on Radioestadio Noche: “Ilya Topuria has no weak points”

Contador, who also spoke about Topuria on Radioestadio Noche on Onda Cero, shared that “Ilya has complete faith in her abilities and, to put it so clearly, she never inspires indifference, which is good.”

The winner of two Tours of France, two Giros d’Italia and three Tours of Spain admitted: “I admire Topuria very much; I don’t know if I have ever seen such a sports professional like him in my life,” and emphasized that “Ilya has no weaknesses.”