Georgian mixed martial artist Ilia Topuria will visit Georgia on PM’s invitation

Georgian mixed martial arts wrestler Ilia Topuria, the UFC World Featherweight Champion, will visit the country to feature at the UEFA European Championship Qualifying match between Georgia and Luxembourg next Thursday.
 

In a social media message, Mikheil Peikrishvili, the Head of the Strategic Communications Department of the Government Administration, announced that Topuria would visit the country at the invitation of the country’s Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze.
 

Topuria will present the championship belt at Dinamo Arena stadium in the country's capital city of Tbilisi before the kick-off of the match.
 

Topuria last month knocked out his Australian rival Alexander Volkanovski in the second round of the main event of UFC 298 to become the new featherweight world champion.