Former UFC featherweight champion Ilia Topuria has teased that a shocking fight announcement is on the way shortly.

Arman Tsarukyan analyzes a potential Islam Makhachev vs. Ilia Topuria fight, highlighting the striking vs. grappling battle.

Ilia Topuria has suggested that he’s booked an out of left field UFC fight. The featherweight champion hasn’t fought since ...

So Topuria will be moving up to 155lb, and will be vacating the featherweight title. So the way that this works is as soon as the first punch was thrown in this fight, the title will be vacant and ...

Following a star-making 2024 where he became the UFC featherweight champion, Ilia Topuria vacated the title last month to ...

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Still, there’s a chance Makhachev will fight Tsarukyan next, or the UFC will opt to book a Tsarukyan-Topuria contender fight. In this article, we’ll assume that Topuria’s surprising move up ...

Volkanovski's arguably the greatest featherweight of all time, 16-1 at 145lbs with wins over Jose Aldo, Max Holloway (twice), Yair Rodriguez, and more. Volkanovski, 36, had hoped to rematch Topuria in ...

Aiming to attain a double champion status, Topuria wants to move up in weight and fight Islam Makhachev. However, Makhachev has downplayed the possibilities straight away. The UFC lightweight ...

champ). With two champions from different divisions fighting one another such a rarity, it's a fight Topuria (16-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) wants to pursue. "El Matador" told Marca in a one-on-one interview ...

Islam Makhachev vs. Ilia Topuria? Khabib Nurmagomedov wants to see something else first. The next lightweight title fight is still unconfirmed, Ariel Helwani shedding light on Makhachev vs.