As announced by Dana White last month, Topuria opted to vacate his featherweight gold in hopes of conquering another weight ...

Din Thomas is still not convinced Ilia Topuria is something “special,” but says giving up his UFC belt is another sign he ...

Earlier this week, Ilia Topuria vacated the featherweight title in pursuit of a new challenge at lightweight. The MMA world was handed a series of shocking news by UFC boss, Dana White earlier ...

Paddy Pimblett and Ilia Topuria have long been entangled in an online feud that occasionally splashed out into the real world, but it’s now much worse. No matter how controversial, ...

It’s official! Ilia Topuria has vacated his UFC featherweight title and will now move up to the lightweight division. And while this has been one of the biggest news going around, the ...

Ilia Topuria will have to go through at least one lightweight contender before he is given a title shot if Khabib Nurmagomedov has anything to do with it. Following an extremely dominant run at ...

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’s move up to lightweight has raised question marks over his next steps. “Topuria felt like he’s done all that he can in that division and he feels like he cemented his legacy ...

Based in Rochester, England, Simon Head is a veteran sports editor who has covered sports for national and international outlets since 2000, and is one of the longest-tenured MMA journalists in ...

Now, former UFC featherweight champion Ilia Topuria isn’t the only titleholder with Dana White’s stamp of approval to move up a weight class. Following the action-packed UFC Seattle card ...

Perennial contender Dustin Poirier has weighed in on Ilia Topuria's lightweight move. The former UFC interim lightweight champion used to be a featherweight like Topuria, moving up to 155lbs after a ...

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 ...