Spaniard from BRAVE shoots Gabriel Fly and says: 'He doesn't have courage'

Spanish sends message to Brazilian Gabriel Fly. Photo: Disclosure / BRAVE

One of the great promises of European MMA, the Spaniard Ilia Topuria had a perfect start to his career with BRAVE. In two fights, the featherweight won two victories, one by submission and the other by knockout, and also had a rivalry with the Brazilian Gabriel Fly.

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In an interview on BRAVE's Instagram Live, Topuria harshly criticized Fly and said he was confused by the stance of the Brazilian who, according to him, was his fan and even asked for a photo when the two fought on the same card in Colombia.

“He says the rivalry started in Colombia, but for me it started two hours before my last fight, which took place in Bahrain. I was getting ready to warm up when I got a notification from him on my phone. Gabriel had tagged me in an Instagram story and put a chicken emoji on my face. I told him that it was easy to provoke me when he was on the other side of the world, but when we were in the same environment, in Colombia, he didn't say anything,” declared Topuria, who also accused Fly of not having the courage to challenge him face to face. face.

“For me, he lacks co*****. You don't have the courage to come and talk to me. He ended up watching my fight as a fan. I found it curious that he challenged me because in Colombia, he even asked to take a photo with me. This fight will happen, he will eat his words and then, if he wants, we can take another photo”, said the Spaniard.

Topuria, like Fly, specializes in jiu-jitsu. The Spaniard from Climent Club is undefeated in MMA so far with eight wins in eight fights – seven of them by submission and one by knockout. The Brazilian from CM System, in turn, has 14 wins and five losses, with 13 of the victories being by submission (and one by knockout).