Ilia Topuria made one of the biggest decisions of his life. After having won the UFC featherweight championship, he decided to vacate it! Moving up to the lightweight division for a probable ...

Ilia Topuria has decided to depart the UFC featherweight division, and former champ Alexander Volkanovski is set to fight for ...

Ilia Topuria is keeping the pressure on Islam Makhachev. Aiming to attain a double champion status, Topuria wants to move up in weight and fight Islam Makhachev. However, Makhachev has downplayed ...

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Farewell, UFC featherweight champion Ilia Topuria. Hello, UFC lightweight contender Ilia Topuria. This was the gist of UFC CEO Dana White’s announcement via Instagram Live on Wednesday night.

Ilia Topuria is chasing down Islam Makhachev, with the hopes of defeating the Russian to claim the UFC lightweight title. However, not everyone believes the Spanish-Georgian ought to go straight ...

Paddy Pimblett 'can't believe' his rival Ilia Topuria vacated the UFC title. Divisions apart no more with champion Topuria leaving the featherweight division behind, along with any chance for a ...

For a long time, Ilia Topuria and Paddy Pimblett's heated rivalry was restricted to social media, interviews and rare backstage confrontations. A fight between them isn't far-fetched now that ...

British lightweight star says Ilia Topuria has made a bad career move by moving up to the UFC's 155-pound division. Dec 16, 2023; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Paddy Pimblett during UFC 296 at T-Mobile ...