Ilia Topuria on saving his vision
by Hars: Ilia Topuria
Ilia Topuria says Alex stopped the Justin Gaethje fight to protect his vision. Without that call, he likely wouldn't have fought again in his life. He feels so grateful his brother made that choice since he loves what he does. Hearing a doctor say he can no longer compete would be sad.
Transcript (en)
Do you think now looking back at it that Alex's decision saved your vision? Oh, 100%. If he wouldn't stop me to fight, probably I wouldn't be able to fight again in my life. How does that make you feel? Actually, I'm so grateful with my brother that he decided to stop me because I love what I'm doing. I had a bad experience, but I still have a lot of things ahead of me. So it would be very sad to me if I would hear from a doctor or from anyone that I wouldn't be able to fight anymore.
