Topuria (16-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) vacated his featherweight title for a move up to 155 pounds. Makhachev previously stated that a ...

Ireland's McGregor is still the biggest star MMA has known, and the support of his home country helped vault him to superstardom early in his UFC run. Holding roots in Georgia and Spain, Topuria has ...

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.

Ilia Topuria is not interested in fighting a contender in the March match in the UFC lightweight division. The recent times for the featherweight champion have been quite intriguing. After pushing ...

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 ...

UFC fans might finally see the grudge match between Paddy Pimblett and Ilia Topuria now that ‘El Matador’ has moved up to lightweight. The trash talk has already begun. Topuria vacated his ...

Paddy Pimblett says Ilia Topuria is making a 'big mistake' following in Conor McGregor's footsteps. Both 7-0 in the UFC featherweight division, then-champ McGregor and Topuria have taken a similar ...

Ilia Topuria will bid to become a two-weight champion against Islam Makhachev later this year. The featherweight champion won his first belt by knocking out Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 298 last ...

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.

A former UFC two-division champion recently weighed in on Ilia Topuria’s assertion that he had solidified his legacy in the featherweight division before moving up a weight class. On Wednesday ...

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 ...