Having won the belt from the legendary Alexander Volkanovski and defended against another all-time great in Max Holloway, Topuria’s credentials at 145lb are unquestionable. And in newly-released ...

The ever-confident featherweight champ believes he can have his way with Makhachev, currently the UFC's pound-for-pound king. However, Makhachev isn't willing to offer Topuria an immediate title ...

Ilia Topuria's manager, Malki Kawa, recently spoke to renowned combat sports journalist Ariel Helwani about his client's recent move to the UFC lightweight division.

Makhachev is the bigger fighter and cut significant weight to make the 155-pound limit. Topuria will also cut weight to make ...

A UFC veteran backs Islam Makhachev’s take on Ilia Topuria, agreeing with his assessment: “He’s got a great point.” ...

The war of words between UFC champions Islam Makhachev and Ilia ... else talks about it,” responded Makhachev, before revealing that he’s slowly warming up to the idea of that champion vs ...

Just because I don't want to have to cut all those chromosomes ... That's important to me." "Islam [Makhachev] mentioned before that he would move up to 170 and fight me. He doesn't want to ...

Henry Cejudo believes Ilia Topuria should receive a UFC lightweight title shot against Islam Makhachev in his first fight at ...

Dustin Poirier believes Ilia Topuria should fight champion Islam Makhachev for the lightweight title immediately after ...

It seems clear that everyone wants to see a fight between Ilia Topuria (16-0) and Islam Makhachev ... and move up to lightweight to have a more comfortable and natural weight cut, but the Russian ...