Alexander Volkanovski's coach Joe Lopez believes Ilia Topuria is following the Conor McGregor model by moving to lightweight.
Diego Lopes says UFC’s reenforced stance against champ-vs.-champ fights led to Ilia Topuria vacating the featherweight title.
Ilia Topuria narrowly avoided a shock defeat against Jai Herbert in his lightweight debut before rendering him unconscious, ...
Ilia Topuria will bid to become a two-weight champion against Islam Makhachev later this year. The featherweight champion won ...
Before he knew Ilia Topuria vacated his featherweight title, Jean Silva was hopeful a divisional tie-up wasn’t in the future.
A lightweight star claims the UFC forced Ilia Topuria to vacate his featherweight title after multiple refusals of a Volk rematch.
UFC head honcho Dana White, in his signature no-nonsense style, sent shockwaves through the MMA world during his latest ...
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 ...
Discussions have become tense between UFC Lightweight Champion Islam Makhachev and UFC Featherweight Champion Ilia Topuria regarding a possible mega superfight (champ vs. champ). With two ...
Ilia Topuria’s move up to lightweight has raised question marks over his next steps. Topuria vacated his UFC Featherweight ...
UFC featherweight champion Ilia Topuria decided to throw himself a little party after a career milestone. One year ago today, Topuria (16-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) knocked out Alexander Volkanovski to ...
It seems clear that everyone wants to see a fight between Ilia Topuria (16-0) and Islam Makhachev (27-1)... except for the Dagestani fighter himself. 'El Matador' is determined to leave the ...