Topuria was granted Spanish citizenship (via sanchezcastejon/X)
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They always remember you when you win , remember what Mesut Ozil said.
He should stop crying
@@JAYfromTHEworldwhy he was proven right watch the Spanish drop ilia the second he loses the Georgians to their credit will always back him.
@evilkhamzat How was he proven right? Özil picked the better team to play for and played the victim when he got criticised Ilia is always representing Spain even though it doesn't benefit him
@JAYfromTHEworld it was way deeper than that. Ozil is legendary for doing what he did and wasn't a lil dog just following orders.
@JAYfromTHEworld but gayboy ilia represents Georgia... I see Georgian flag when he walks in not spain... so you stop crying
Its really too bad they they only seemed to care about him becoming a citizen AFTER he won the belt, smh
not one country cares about one lmmigrant, of course he had to accomplish something to be acknowledged
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of course no country will acknowledge an-lmmigrant. he had to accomplish something first
illa topuria 🇪🇸🐒
@@beauaIoevv what does the 🐒🐒 mean???😂😂😂
For anyone curious Spain only allows dual citizenship with Latin American countries and Portugal, so my guess was he didn't want to give up his Georgian passport and had to apply for special permission.
Add Andorra, France and Equatorial Guinea. France especially had a lot of Citizens with dual French/Spanish citizenship through parentage, immigration and birth in either countries.
didn’t ask
@@beaualoevvyeah you did femboy
@@beaualoevv how horrible do your life have to be for you do this in your free time?
@@beaualoevv bro why u copy pasting ur answers💀💀💀
I love the way he is so proud of the belt.
Why is your pic dc crying lmaoooo
Keep crying 😂
@@TadakMargingno one’s crying you doofus
Love the goofiness in this video😂😂
Right he is uncomfortable I can tell
"They didn't care who I was till I put on the belt"
Good to see hardwork getting recognised. I was team Volkanovski but Ilia deserves every bit of fame and goodwill.
This man is special I hope for nothing but the best for this man true man keep being real ilia we will love you for that
Everybody loves a winner.
He makes me proud to be Spanish, and I'm Irish 😉
And hes georgian
@@niconicoo5661 not anymore...
@@patriotaespanol6943 how so did he change his dna 😂😂
@@niconicoo5661 Dna incluiding be a UFC champion?? Hahahahahah
@@patriotaespanol6943 dna makes your reflexes your muskled and your will. Why dont you wonder why spain has no good fighters while georgians are so good at fighting ? If you have low iq thats something else kid
Topuria hands are huge
that's what she said
@@draco2xx doesnt even make sense.
Dude has lived for 12 years in Spain but had to win a UFC worldtitle for them to give him citizenship 🤦
How its possible live 12 Year without citizenship
That’s a committed wanna be Spanish person He’s born in Germany And forever be Georgian blood he think having citizenship will convince or treat the world from knowing the truth lol. as Spanish person Myself his Georgian accent makes his Spanish voice sound like a women, no lie Ask your Spanish friends
Because he had to give up on his georgian citizenship as a common procedure in spain and Ilia didnt want to but now he brings gold so he is privileged and can keep both.
@@jaimesandoval5774 racist
@@user-gr1io9is3vHe retained Georgian citizenship.
This is awesome! Topuria is doing great things for Spain!
Man had to win ufc title while some Moroccan get citizenship with ease
Maybe the moroccan lived there longer, long enough to earn his Citizenship.
@@akindtroll28 He's just turned 27 this year and have been lived in Spain permanently since age of 15
@@russelljones2281this is extremely common in every country.
@@akindtroll28 No, all Arabs, Russians, etc. get asylum and citizenship very easily. Georgian people have restrictions in EU and USA. We can't even get work permits. That's exactly why Ilia's family had to leave Germany because they weren't allowed to stay there.
@@enta2bruh my brother was BORN in italy, and got his Citizenship 7 years later. How is that easy?
He wasn’t even a citizen and he was glazing Spain like he had indigenous rights to the country 🤦♂️
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Yall kids will say glazing about anything 😂😂
@@ZiggyvuI’m learning from the kids 😅
Bruhhh 😂
If Merab is “representing” Mexico then Illia is definitely Spaniard! 🇪🇸
When you're the ufc champion, you get citizenships granted to you lol
They was like if you don't win you ain't one of us🤦♂️🤦♂️
Conor ko’s him inside one round
fluke chins 40y old washed volkswagen and he tries to be conor so bad. he even had to tattoo the same stuff on his chest and wear suits everywhere. no personality, so he needs to copy his idol
@@beaualoevvhahahahaha
illa better not walking past by me, cuz it’s on sight then. he’s like 5’3
@@beaualoevvbro..
Why did they ice him out in that intro, making it look like he was doing a presentation in class while the teacher quiets the room so he can start 😂
Spain. But the S is silent.
lol come on Spaniards you gotta admit him applying for citizenship and getting it after becoming a champion is pretty sus/funny 😂😂😂
@@SublimeMenaceFacts
You can’t dislike someone proved himself to accomplishment
It’s crazy how ur life changes once you become champion
That's how life works.
I guess if he loses his next bout, they will take the nationality away from him 🤦🏻♂️🤪😂😂😂🤷🏻♂️
Only thing they just did was put a helluva lot of pressure on him to continue to win. In that division u have to be special to defend more than 2 times.
This is weaselly af, the place ilia considers his second country only cared about him after he won a belt
As Ozil said: “When you lose you are an immigrant”
Congratulations champ
Take notes guys, fame and fortune will even bring you citizenship in any country you desire -.-
This is called capitalism, when money matters more than morals
He got the best passport of the world 😄1️⃣
It’s average, not special at all hahah
You're confused with the Swedish one
@@carmelo5320Not average. 194 countries without a visa. The 3rd most powerful in the world. EDIT: it's not the third, it's the most powerful.
@@CarlosMunoz-sx7bnYou mean Somalia, my friend
@@CarlosMunoz-sx7bn3rd most powerful? Hmmm I don't about that buddy.. 🤔
If He was just ordinary worker He would have been exploited like Latino in USA without getting it 😂😂
Yea now he makes more in a fight than you in 10 years
Parasites
@@RJavier007 what kind of ultra moronic statement is this ? How possible could i have offended you, my snowflake. Where does it hurt ?
@@RJavier007You obviously dont know much about the fight business 😂
At least latinos in Spain can obtain the nationality with ease.
Politician towering over Ilia like Max Holloway
Special permission granted by the Spanish government as soon as he becomes world champion. Interesting
All it took is becoming champion lol this is why America is the most free country on the planet. Good luck moving anywhere else and becoming a citizen, opening a business, owning property etc.
Lul you act like murica is the only country that does this 😂😂😂.
no1 gaf
What tf are u yapping about
He hasn't the nacionality and lived as good as every spanish citizen with free education and healthcare. Maybe takes too long for people to be a spanish citizen but they can live there as good as everyone. USA is not always the best example.
Good luck getting even into america when you are from south america. Ilia already had everything in spain but this process takes long.. it's not like they left him at a border like america loves to do these days.
He was not yet?
Spain only allows dual citizenship with Latin American countries and Portugal, so my guess was he didn't want to give up his Georgian passport.
@@NotKimiRaikkonen do you think he gave up Georgian passport for Spanish?
@@beqa_gablaia not sure. I'd guess the government could make an exception for him.
@@beqa_gablaiaYou could have done it. But maybe they did an exception.
He retained Georgian citizenship.
That is cool! Congrats Ilia!
you win one fight nowadays, and these guys celebrate everywhere
so technically he wouldn't have gotten his spanish citizenship if he had loss💀
Spain really wanted a UFC champion. Dude's a Georgian born in Germany, living in Spain.
Much respect to bro🫡
Imagine living in Spain most of your life and only when you get famous they give you citizenship
Imaginate vivir, en EE.U.U y no conseguirla nunca, en España viven muy bien muchos inmigrantes con o sin nacionalidad, mucha suerte al salir a la calle, cuídate de las balas.
@@victorbarba2683no sé por qué le mencionaste estados unidos al comentario original, pero tienes que admitir que sí se ve muy convenenciero y falso que ese gobierno sólo reconociera a ilia como ciudadano si ganaba una pelea
@@theonetypingthis7186 Es que eso lo admito, el presidente de España, ha hecho el ridículo, vive en una burbuja mediática, en la que sólo existen el, su ego y su espejo, seguramente no tenía ni idea de la existencia de Topuria, al contrario de gran parte de la población, pero la persona del comentario original, seguramente no tiene ni idea, dado su comentario, del proceso que se sigue en este país de manera estándar para conseguir la nacionalidad y que depende mucho del país de origen de la persona que viene, lo de comentar sobre estados unidos es porque es el país anglosajón con una política de inmigración bien conocida, y dado que el comentario de esa persona es en inglés, sea o no de EE.UU. probablemente sepa como es allí, conozco gente por parte de familia política que lleva décadas allí y todavía no puede acceder a esa nacionalidad.
@@theonetypingthis7186El gobierno no es la gente. Ademas eso a veces no depende no del gobierno pero de las leyes. La in gente siempre lo ha apoyado.
Sad it took this to get it congrats carnal
I’d refuse you only want to when I become something
Well that was good timing
It only took a championship win to get citizenship.
You are as good as your last fight. That's how hard it is to be a UFC fighter. Politics is about power, noting is genuine. By doing so he may win some votes from the people supporting Ilia in Spain.
Not too hard to become a citizen in Spain it seems, just have to become a world champion
Even stood like Conor
This is hilarious how fast he can do this after winning a belt vs normal😂 very weird and off putting tho
Lmao alright we wanna claim you now
Just like what he said to Volk in the face-off, he’s just trying to live his dream..Well Ilia, you’re doing it! Respect!
The boss who knows the boss
so if he lost he wouldn't have been a citizen ? seems kinda odd like a backhanded compliment
Shame of you Spain whoever got this idea just granting citizen after such a small organisation ufc infront of a country🤑🤮
its that easy guys just win a ufc belt and you can be a spanish citizen lol
Imagine the pressure he will feel after all this when he has to fight next. No thanks.
ilia topuria will be champion for a long time, longer than volk. he's the islam machachev at featherweight
Out of next 10 fights forsure he loses or loses by decision
Muy bien, Ilia se ha ganado la nacionalidad española, así debería ser con todo el mundo. A España se la quiere, se la respeta o fuera.
Claro tio, todos los inmigrantes deberían de ganar un título de la UFC mínimo, para ganarse la nacionalidad, sino, no se merecen el título que es demasiado importante y sirve para muchísimas cosas, RRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH 🇪🇦🇪🇦🇪🇦🇪🇦🇪🇦🐂🐂🐂🐂🐂🐂
He wasn’t already a citizen, kind of weird
Georeian❤
The guy lived there so many years and no citizenship..now they give it lol
Khabib still wipe the mat with you bro can’t believe you went there lol
I think I'm going to go get me to UFC belt
Kinda lame that he never got any support, especially financial support, until he became the champ. It happens to everyone including Khabib, Francis, Fedor, Oliveira, Khamzat and others.
Does he speak 4 languages?
Hate KZhead halfway through a reply kicked me off now i have to search to find where it placed my out of context reply
What if he loses the belt ?
There's a usa border meme in here somewhere
Is he from Georgian descent?
He is Georgian.
So he didn’t already have a citizenship of his homeland?
Not his homeland, he is Georgian.
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sad he had to become the ufc champion to get spanish citizenship
Mgelooo🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪
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Wasn’t he living in Spain anyway?
No toques el cinturon pedroo que no es tuyo
When you are on the top, people loves you. What a coincidence. When Volk regains his belt then what now.
I hope to be successful like ilia one day if god Jesus grants me permission to
They just want to take his glory
He is no longer russian
he was never russian, he's german
You guys know you have to apply for citizenship? They don’t just give it to you when you win a UFC belt.
Why does he need Spanish citizenship when he was born in Germany? He’s already a eu citizen. Am I missing something?
If he and Mackenzie Dern had a child it would be South African
Dern is another delusional living creature her face would scare more kindergartners lol plus Dern is the type of Thot that you went to school with, she thought she could get away with cheating on her husband with her coach, she is how face looks, gross saw it on mma news
to me he'll always be German
Technically Georgian born in Germany but definitely not Spanish 😂
THANK YOU finally someone gets it, No matter what this guy does, he will alway be a Georgian, born in Germany lol, its common sense, like any other race, if your parents are both the same race, you are that,no matter where your born or what citizenship you have, Honestly he should blame his parents for birthing him in Germany, he could have been the first born Georgian champion since both his parents are Georgian but that went out the window since he’s born in Germany. He’ll be considered the first immigrant German champion and that would sound gross to ilia lol So he made a fake story of being Spanish Dude so fake
I thought he is spanish
german, he's gotta strange citizen mystery
Georgian
@@isbichiisbichi1093 where was ilia born?
THANK YOU finally someone gets it, No matter what this guy does, he will alway be a Georgian, born in Germany lol, its common sense, like any other race, if your parents are both the same race, you are that,no matter where your born or what citizenship you have, Honestly he should blame his parents for birthing him in Germany, he could have been the first born Georgian champion since both his parents are Georgian but that went out the window since he’s born in Germany. He’ll be considered the first immigrant German champion and that would sound gross to ilia lol So he made a fake story of being Spanish Dude so fake
@jaimesandoval5774 so what happens if a person's father is irish and mom is mexican and person was born in japan?
I thought he was from Spain. I don’t understand
THANK YOU finally someone gets it, No matter what this guy does, he will alway be a Georgian, born in Germany lol, its common sense, like any other race, if your parents are both the same race, you are that,no matter where your born or what citizenship you have, Honestly he should blame his parents for birthing him in Germany, he could have been the first born Georgian champion since both his parents are Georgian but that went out the window since he’s born in Germany. He’ll be considered the first immigrant German champion and that would sound gross to ilia lol So he made a fake story of being Spanish Dude so fake
@@jaimesandoval5774 seek mental help brother, I am worried about you.
He is Georgian fighting out of Spain.
All it took was for him to win the UFC title 😮… I wonder what he gets when he looses title 🤔?
thats great news so if i can win a world tittle i can get my citizenship easy work
I thought he was Georgian
money can bring everything . even spain president...
THANK YOU finally someone gets it, No matter what this guy does, he will alway be a Georgian, born in Germany lol, its common sense, like any other race, if your parents are both the same race, you are that,no matter where your born or what citizenship you have, Honestly he should blame his parents for birthing him in Germany, he could have been the first born Georgian champion since both his parents are Georgian but that went out the window since he’s born in Germany. He’ll be considered the first immigrant German champion and that would sound gross to ilia lol So he made a fake story of being Spanish Dude so fake
I thought he was Spanish
Georgian.
Still a chorizo
Me alegro, solo será español, ya que tiene que rechazar su nacionalidad georgiana....ahora a Georgia solo lo.une que sus padres nacieron ahí.....😅😅😅😂😂😂😂😂😂
Los mejores 👏👏👏👏👏👏✌️✌️💯💯💯🏆🥋🏆🇪🇦
This is just wrong in every way imagined
THANK YOU finally someone gets it, No matter what this guy does, he will alway be a Georgian, born in Germany lol, its common sense, like any other race, if your parents are both the same race, you are that,no matter where your born or what citizenship you have, Honestly he should blame his parents for birthing him in Germany, he could have been the first born Georgian champion since both his parents are Georgian but that went out the window since he’s born in Germany. He’ll be considered the first immigrant German champion and that would sound gross to ilia lol So he made a fake story of being Spanish Dude so fake
why he so small like a shrimp
Oh my god….. see what I mean dude was never born in Spain That’s why he’s smiling and laughing He’s not the first Spain champion, He was born in German as Georgian He never even had a resident card for Spain lol Spain is just rolling with it to use him as token for the country fame lol now we know Spainlame Is a joke for this
Volk got ghost club citizenship😂😅😢
Sagol iliko dzma
A lot of haters on the comments 😂
Copying daddy McNuggets!
Fake spanaird
Fake jack
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@@Yeanahbra keyboard fighter jack
Wasn’t he born in Germany? Why’s he getting Spanish citizenship? Am I missing something?
I'm unsure whether he has German passport or not, but he did inherit Georgian citizenship through his parents. He lives and pays taxes in Spain since he was 15, with a kid that will ve born in Spain. He can't have dual citizenship, so Spain had to give him a special permit to have both the Spanish and Georgian nationality.
@@user-qb1nk1ey2d gotcha. Thanks for the insight! BTW, he already has a kid. He was at the ufc event in Anaheim
@@warrenstringham415 Becoming a german citizen is a long process even if you're born there. I think you need to live there without leaving until you're 13 or so and only after that you can apply for citizenship, but Topuria moved back to his home country Georgia and lived there until he was 15
georgia and germany are enemies, they didn't grant him his citizenship