Topuria on potential fight against Makhachev: "He said he wouldn't vacate his title and I said he ruled the division and who has gotten away with it? Me. After this fight, when I have the belt, he ...

Coach Javier Mendez thinks one of his fighters is runner-up to UFC champ Islam Makhachev ... “I think he’s the second-best lightweight in the world,” Mendez said of Usman Nurmagomedov ...

Ilia Topuria and Islam Makhachev are both moving up in weight ... Topuria vacated his featherweight championship to move to lightweight where he will challenge Charles Oliveira at UFC 317 for ...

Ilia Topuria and Charles Oliveira are now officially set to battle for the vacant lightweight title at UFC 317 on June 28 during International Fight Week. With Islam ... in the MMA world expected ...

For a good while, it was thought that if Islam Makhachev took a shot at the welterweight title, he'd have his lightweight belt ... Inter Miami became the Club World Cup's controversial opening ...

Islam Makhachev has made some clear statements about his lightweight title. For a significant amount of time, several rumors have been circulating about Makhachev’s future in the UFC.

UFC 315 goes down this Saturday from Montreal, Canada with the world’s best welterweights ... division but also the weight class below: lightweight. Whatever happens, Makhachev seems to be ...

If not, he is expected to stay at lightweight and defend his title against Ilia Topuria. Makhachev has defended the lightweight title four times since winning it from Charles Oliveira in October ...

Now, he seems to be setting his sights on the lightweight belt and a potential clash with Islam Makhachev. However, both fighters share the ambition of moving up divisions to become two-division ...