Topuria (17-0 MMA, 9-0 UFC) walked through that door at UFC 317 in June, when the former featherweight champion moved up in ...

The building blocks for a potential super fight between Islam Makhachev and Ilia Topuria are being put in place. There's no ...

Arman Tsarukyan thinks he'd have the advantage over UFC lightweight champion Ilia Topuria everywhere, even in the striking ...

Du Plessis, meanwhile, is tied with fellow UFC titleholder Alexandre Pantoja at No. 4. Despite his impressive reign and ...

Islam Makhachev isn’t losing any sleep over Ilia Topuria suddenly jumping him in the UFC rankings because he’s got bigger business to handle with his welterweight title fight nearly finalized.

Former long-time 155-pound champion Islam Makhachev and his team previously overlooked Ilia Topuria as a legitimate contender ...

Islam Makhachev is unbothered by Ilia Topuria overtaking him in the official UFC rankings. For many years, Makhachev (27-1 MMA, 16-1 UFC) made it clear he was striving to be the No. 1 pound-for ...

In pursuit of becoming a two-division champion, Makhachev relinquished his lightweight title shortly after friend Belal ...

For context, Dana White had Makhachev's quote about being ready to fight anyone immortalized on a wall at the UFC Performance ...

“I think Topuria would beat Islam Makhachev — that’s my opinion. I hope the UFC lets Topuria move up and fight. 145 champion, 155 champion, 170 champion — that’s amazing.

Follow Us 17 Ilia Topuria and Islam Makhachev (Image Credits: Imagn) Recently, debates about the actual pound-for-pound number one fighter, Jon Jones or Islam Makhachev, were widespread.

Islam Makhachev is unbothered by Ilia Topuria overtaking him in the official UFC rankings. For many years, Makhachev (27-1 MMA, 16-1 UFC) made it clear he was striving to be the No. 1 pound-for ...