Video of Juan Carlos I receiving Topuria’s kiss on his bald head after knocking out Max Holloway in Abu Dhabi

As everyone knows, the honorary king, who abdicated the throne in June 2014, lives in Abu Dhabithe capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the city where UFC 308 was held this Saturday, notably at the Etihad Arena, which seats 18,000 spectators. Therefore, it is not so strange that he participated in the battle with Topuria. But on the international airwaves, no one recognized the man whom the world’s best fighter greeted with such love. Only Eurosport, the network with the rights to the fight in Spain, realized that we were talking about Juan Carlos I.

FROM MONARCH TO MONARCH??

Kiss @Topuriailia to King Emeritus Juan Carlos #UFC308 #UFCEurosport pic.twitter.com/kcqYSTsF5O

— Eurosport.es (@Eurosport_ES) October 26, 2024

As his family, including his wife, son, daughter-in-law and two granddaughters, Ortiz wrapped up the Princess of Asturias Award weekend in Oviedo, 7,500 kilometers from the principality, he sat in one of the best and most exclusive hotels. chairs at the site of the previous head of state.

Father Felipe VI He raised his hands to receive Topuria with all his sympathy and smiles of admiration. The Spanish-Georgian showed his respect, bowed and spoke to the former monarch. But the most incomprehensible thing is that he then kissed the bald head of the honorable man, a kiss that undoubtedly attracted almost as much attention as the ones he gave with Barbara Ray, and which caused so many rivers of ink.

Juan Carlos I did not appear on the UFC 308 broadcast, the night headlined by Ilya Topuria vs. Max Holloway this Saturday, until after the card ended.

This happened after Topuria greeted Sergio Ramos: the current UFC champion, still undefeated (16-0), continued a series of greetings that were interrupted by the same smartly dressed man in a suit. Before that, and after he clasped his palms in gratitude and just after raising an imaginary cup of tea to celebrate a simple victory, Topuria came out of the cage to hug his friend, Pilar Rubio’s husband.

Without a doubt, the enthusiasm and euphoria of Topuria, who a few minutes earlier knocked out Max Holloway in the octagon, is somehow connected with such unusual behavior towards Dona Sofia’s husband. Before this Saturday, no one had ever accomplished a feat similar to the one accomplished by Ilya Topuria.

HE DOES WHAT HE PROMISES IN THE THIRD ROUND KO! ???? @Topuriailia ? #UFC308 pic.twitter.com/p1ZLbDNMJL

— UFC Español (@UFCEspanol) October 26, 2024