Typically, moving up in weight ... Before the lightweight champion could make a move to the welterweight division, a challenger emerged—Ilia Topuria, who has repeatedly called out Islam Makhachev.

UFC lightweight champion Islam ... After Charles Oliveira suffered a nasty cut just days before UFC 294, the UFC matchmakers scrambled to find a short-notice replacement to face Makhachev.

But before that, he intends to go through the monumental task of beating Muhammad and fan favorite Makhachev. Islam ... weight is like guys from welterweight division, so he don’t need to cut ...

Ilia Topuria has revealed that he used to sink bottles of wine to shed weight before fighting. Typically, the beverage is viewed by many as having the opposite effect, but for ex-UFC featherweight ...

Ilia Topuria claims the UFC bosses promised him an immediate title shot, but now he believes that 155lb king Islam Makhachev ...

Ilia Topuria vacated the 145lb belt with the aim of challenging Makhachev at 155lb – but could the latter move up in weight as well?

and a loss for the champion could enable Makhachev to vie for welterweight gold after all. “If Della Maddalena was the champion, Islam would fight him for sure,” Nurmagomedov said.