Volkanovski’s head coach, Joe Lopez, thinks Topuria (16-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) is following the footsteps of the sport’s biggest star.

The Georgian-Spaniard, whose reign lasted just over a year, won the title in February 2024 at UFC 298 after knocking out ...

Diego Lopes reveals some new UFC rules for champions, and reacts to Ilia Topuria vacating the featherweight title.

UFC CEO Dana White announced Ilia Topuria will be vacating the featherweight title to continue his career at 155 pounds. Here ...

Topuria aims to move up to 155lb and challenge Islam Makhachev, leaving Alexander Volkanovski and Diego Lopes to clash over ...

In a historic move, featherweight UFC champion Ilia Topuria has vacated his title to chase greener pastures in the ...

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Ilia Topuria recently vacated his featherweight belt to pursue a potential fight with lightweight champion Islam Makhachev, ...

UFC bigwig Dana White was publicly pitched a “crazy” champion-versus-champion fight by his good friend Joe Rogan before ...

Ilia Topuria’s move up to lightweight has raised question marks over his next steps. Topuria vacated his UFC Featherweight ...

A lightweight move for Ilia Topuria might not be a matter of if, but when, and should it happen, there's one opponent for ...

Ilia Topuria is vacating the UFC featherweight championship and moving up to lightweight, UFC CEO Dana White announced ...