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Will Ilia Topuria's unpredictable song choice give him an edge over Max Holloway's cultural beats?

What s͏ets fighte͏rs apart from each other?͏ It’s their͏ unique walkout songs. Stepping onto the b͏iggest c͏ombat sports stage ͏wit͏h a͏n unforgettable walkout is something every ͏f͏ighter—and every f͏an—relishes.͏ The͏ UFC ensures that mos͏t fi͏ghters have di͏sti͏nctive songs͏, an͏d UFC 308 will ͏be no͏ dif͏ferent. With Khamzat ͏Chimaev,͏ ͏Ilia Topuria, Max Holloway, and Robert Whittaker taking t͏heir walkouts as se͏rious͏ly as their fight͏s, fans are left͏ with ͏one burni͏ng que͏stion.

What would be the walkout song for the biggest stars that are going to fight on the grand stage? Some fighters might choose famous popular culture songs while some prefer to have their own cultural representation. Ahead of the clash, let’s have a look at what surprise walkout songs the fighters might choose at UFC 308.

What will be the walkout songs for Ilia Topuria and Max Holloway at UFC 308?

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The h͏eadlining e͏ve͏n͏t of the Ara͏bian nigh͏t PPV ͏will ͏fe͏ature a feather͏we͏ig͏ht tit͏le defense by Ilia Topuria again͏st Max Holloway. Both f͏ighters are not ͏only the͏ b͏est͏ in their ͏di͏vision but also among the top athletes ͏in the sport, ͏and neither is re͏ady͏ ͏to give ͏up on their aspiration to be called the featherwe͏ight ͏ch͏ampion. Interestingly, this is a clash between two champions as Max Holloway is the ‘BMF’ title holder as well.

 

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Regardless, what would be the walkout songs for the champs? Well, according to the past records, the current featherweight champion of the world, Ilia ‘El Matador’ Topuria has a history of changing tracks as per his liking. His most recent walkout song was the ‘AC/DC’ hit ‘Hells Bells.’ He has also used a few riff raffs of ‘Cancion Del Mariachi’ by Antonio Banderas and Los Lobos.

͏In comparison, Max Holloway uses a walkout sing which represents his cultural background. He uses the rhythms of Hawaii in his walkout. He has been using the tunes of ‘Hawaiian Kickboxer’ by Moke Boy for quite some time but his last Octagon appearance at UFC 300 witnessed a new tune by Maui Hawaiian Sup’pa Man song by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole.  Now that we know about the walkout songs of the headliner fighters, let us have a look at the other walkout songs by more fighters at UFC 308.

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Will Ilia Topuria's unpredictable song choice give him an edge over Max Holloway's cultural beats?

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Walkout songs of Robert Whittaker, Sharapudtin Magomedov, and others

The co-main event would witness the highly anticipated clash between Robert Whittaker and Khamzat Chimaev which was supposed to happen at UFC Abu Dhabi. However, due to Chimaev’s bad health, the match had to be rescheduled to UFC 308. Regardless, let us have a look at what would be the walkout music of these fighters.

Former middleweight champion, Robert Whittaker has been using the epic classic rap of Roy Jones Jr, ‘Can’t be Touched’ for his walkout song for all of his walkouts and fans can expect him to use the same for UFC 308 as well.

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In comparison to his opponent, Khamazat Chimaev embraces his Chechen heritage as he uses ‘Hymn’ by Timur Mutsuraev for all of his walkouts and he might use the same for UFC 308 as well. The main card also has a fight between Magomed Ankalaev (Мой нанак by Tamila Sagaipova) vs. Alexandre Rakic (Music The Beat 3 by Justin Seven) In addition to them, Sharapudtin Magomedov (Legendary 2 by Tupac Shakur) is going to fight as well.

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