Javier Sanchez

Updated Monday, February 19, 2024-14:52

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And in the middle of Ilia Topuria

's party

in Beverly Hills, a moment for emotion. The music stopped. "Silence! Silence!" they asked. And the fighter, already the UFC featherweight champion, stood next to a huge box with his wife, the Venezuelan businesswoman

Giorgina Uzcategui.

"BABY" could be read behind it in giant letters.

Topuria and Uzcategui will be parents this summer and decided that the celebration of the title would be a good time to do a 'gender reveal', that is, a public revelation of the sex of the baby. Pink balloons flew and it was known: "She will be a girl!" The fighter celebrated it, but his family, his friends and even some fans who came from Alicante who joined in on the party did more. In reality, he was very tired. At the end of his fight against

Alexander Volkanovski

, the rival whom he knocked out in the second jump, Topuria announced that he was going to get "full" in a rented mansion at the top of Los Angeles, but the truth is that his energy was not enough. for more.

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His fight ended at 11:00 p.m. Western time in the United States and, between UFC commitments and press conferences, he was not able to leave the Honda Center in Anaheim until approximately two in the morning. With the same song with which he entered the octagon,

Antonio Banderas

' mariachi song

in the movie Desperado, Topuria arrived home and, after his triumphant entrance, the photos and the 'gender reveal' with his wife, he What he wanted most was to rest. A pair of sunglasses helped him hide, but no one can endure a fight like that and a long night afterwards.

With encouragement, of course, he attended to all those who had traveled to celebrate with him, among whom were famous Spaniards, such as the actor and singer Aron Piper or the former cyclist

Alberto Contador

, and famous Georgians, such as the former NBA player

Zaza Pachulia

. Those who actually animated the party were some family members, some of his team members, such as the owners of his gym in Alicante, the Climent Club,

Jorge

and

Agustín Climent

, and friends like

Omar Montes

.

The figure of Montes

The singer, a close friend of the fighter, was his shadow at many times. She already accompanied him before entering the cage and then was with him in the same locker room at the Honda Center. There the two shared the catering, especially some Nutella sandwiches that were glory for Topuria after the strict preparation for the fight and they were encouraged to dance to Montes' new song.

"After so much diet, it's good to eat a little Nutella to strengthen the body," commented the singer in an Instagram video, where congratulations to Topuria followed. From

Rafa Nadal

to

Sergio Ramos

, from

Carlos Alcaraz

to Ferran Torres, including more urban artists like

Anuel AA,

they applauded the KO against Volkanovski, which will earn the Spaniard some tributes, even this week when he returns to his home in Alicante.