Team Ilia Topuria rejects a contender match in the lightweight division, insisting on a championship fight instead.

Ilia Topuria's long-time rival Paddy Pimblett has suggested that a move up to lightweight will mark the beginning of the featherweight champion's downfall in ...

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Dana White explains Ilia Topuria’s title relinquishment and how there's no guarantee that he will fight Islam Makhachev for ...

Michael Bisping thinks Ilia Topuria leaving featherweight worked out well for Alexander Volkanovski. Topuria (16-0 MMA, 8-0 ...

Topuria's camp has made it clear that their focus is solely on a title shot against Makhachev. "Ilia wants a championship ...

The highly anticipated lightweight clash between Dan "The Hangman" Hooker and Justin "The Highlight" Gaethje has been called ...

Brazilian featherweight Jean Silva has his sights set on Bryce Mitchell, and he said he plans on teaching the controversial ...

Fiziev has history with ‘The Highlight’ having been beaten by him at UFC 286 via majority decision and he’s been actively calling for any and all lightweight contenders to face him so that he can make ...

Topuria fought as low as a bantamweight on the regional circuit, where he won the vacant Cage Warriors bantamweight belt. After a short stint at featherweight in BRAVE CF, he debuted in the UFC and ...

Amid all the news, the biggest story was that featherweight champ Ilia Topuria would move to lightweight and vacate the ...

Now former UFC featherweight champion Ilia Topuria isn’t the only titleholder with Dana White’s stamp of approval to move up ...