Touted bantamweight prospect, Aleksandre Topuria — the younger brother of current undisputed featherweight kingpin, Ilia Topuria, made good on his Octagon debut tonight in Sydney, landing a decision victory against short-notice replacement, Colby Thicknesse on the preliminary card of UFC 312.
Improving to 6-1 tonight as a professional, bantamweight upstar, Topuria took on the above-mentioned, Thicknesse — a close training partner of former featherweight champion, Alexander Volkanovski — a past foe of his brother, Ilia Topuria.
Showing off his grappling and wrestling tonight en route to his unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) — Topuria was joined in his corner by his elder brother, as well as current undisputed bantamweight kingpin, Merab Dvalishvili.
Following his victory against Thicknesse, Topuria claimed that he could afford to show off all of his skills given the fact he is a trained mixed martial arts fighter — rather than excelling in just one of the arts of combat sports.
Below, catch the highlights from Aleksandre Topuria’s decision win over Colby Thicknesse
Aleksandre Topuria almost KO’s Colby Thicknesse 👀
— Degenerate George (@DGen_Media) February 9, 2025
IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE BY TOPURIA#UFC312 pic.twitter.com/bRr6OvyHYx
Aleksandre Topuria is gonna be a problem in the UFC Homies 💥🚨👊🏽 #UFC312
— MMA Homie Podcast (@theMMAhomies) February 9, 2025
Who should he fight next!??? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/h4rRF9ulnf
Aleksandre Topuria es muy bueno pic.twitter.com/K40hUw61Xl
— Àlex 𓆰𓆪 (@xAlex06_) February 9, 2025
🥊🇬🇪🇪🇸 pic.twitter.com/YLrTGDE0Nb
— Aleksandre Topuria (@aleks_topuria_) February 9, 2025