From powerlifting to PFL gold—watch us cry in the comments as Ilia Topuria rises above every belt and bar!
the first time ilia stepped in here it was like watching some kid from tbilisi lift weights in his backyard while humming elvis in georgian and we all thought "who’s this lunatic" but look at him now
Been here longer than some have followed.
remember that video from like four years back where he posted himself bench pressing some absurd weight with his teammates just smirking at the camera like it was nothing... and then the next clip in his feed was him shadowboxing on a rooftop at sunset with a pigeon just watching from the edge like "who even is this man"
Seen it all, lads.
Remember that bench-pressing trio video? Four years ago, we laughed because the kid pressed so much weight it looked like a gym meme — and then two seconds later he was shadowboxing like it was a yoga reel, all while that pigeon just perched there like it owed him rent.
That same energy is still in the room today. The only difference is the rooftop is now the main card, the weights are the belts, and the pigeon got upgraded to a sold-out arena. Same madness, same unreadable playlist in his ears, same way he steps through fire like it’s a footpath.
Do the math before you argue.
yeah nah but remember when we all thought he was just that one guy who'd post snapchat gym clips with captions like "225 for reps 💪🏽" and then 3 months later he drops a highlight where he hits 3 jabs mid-air after spinning 180° to avoid getting tagged by a bus
same energy back then when he'd tease "georgia's next k1 star incoming 🇬🇪" and now he's got more belts than a london hotdog stand at closing time
those pigeons on that tbilisi rooftop probably still expect the same shadowboxing every sunset now, bless them 🙏🏽