Islam Makhachev shocked the MMA world when he announced he vacated his UFC lightweight title for a move to welterweight. Makhachev solidified his decision just hours after his friend and teammate, ...

Ilia Topuria’s UFC 317 win put him at No. 1 in the pound-for-pound rankings. Islam Makhachev calls it marketing and eyes a ...

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 ...

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

Spain’s Topuria became the new lightweight champion in June with a ferocious first-round knockout of Charles Oliveira at UFC ...

Islam Makhachev’s team is now considering a fight with Ilia Topuria, only a few months after Makhachev relinquished the ...

Arman Tsarukyan is ’70 per cent’ confident that he will get the next lightweight title shot over Paddy Pimblett. The ...

UFC lightweight champion Ilia Topuria (17-0 MMA, 9-0 UFC) recently claimed that he'd vacate his belt before defending it ...

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

Ilia Topuria and Islam Makhachev were expected to clash, but Makhachev’s move to 170lbs prevented the super fight from happening. Many still consider it a potential blockbuster and one of the ...