‘We got robbed of a superfight’: Fans react to Islam Makhachev fighting Jack Della Maddalena, not Ilia Topuria

Islam Makhachev is signing up for a superfight. Just not the one many were expecting. UFC CEO Dana White announced Tuesday that the lightweight champion is vacating his belt to jump up to the 170-pound division to face newly crowned welterweight champion Jack Della Maddalena. The move was rumored for months, with Makhachev wanting to … Read more

Ilia Topuria calls Islam Makhachev ‘biggest hypocrite I’ve ever seen in my life,’ Makhachev responds

Ilia Topuria is taking shots at Islam Makhachev. Both Topuria and Makhachev were focal points in Dana White’s big announcement earlier this week, revealing Makhachev is vacating the lightweight belt to challenge new welterweight titleholder Jack Della Maddalena later this year. Topuria faces former champ Charles Oliveira for the vacant lightweight championship in the main … Read more

Reaction: Islam Makhachev vacates title, Ilia Topuria vs. Charles Oliveira at UFC 317 plus more fight announcements

Islam Makhachev is vacating his title to make a move to welterweight to face new champion Jack Della Maddalena, which also results in Ilia Topuria taking on Charles Oliveira with the vacant lightweight belt on the line at UFC 317. In the wake of UFC CEO Dana White announcing those fights and so much more … Read more

Coach: Alexander Volkanovski might have broken hand in UFC 314 win, still wants Ilia Topuria rematch

Alexander Volkanovski is UFC featherweight champion again, but the massive achievement was far from easy. “The Great” went five rounds with Diego Lopes in the main event of UFC 314 this past Saturday and though Volkanovski went on to win a convincing decision, he had to survive a knockdown scare in the second round and … Read more

UFC Mailbag: Should Ilia Topuria step in to fight Justin Gaethje at UFC 313?

As always, the MMA news cycle never stops. This past weekend, UFC Seattle went down with Song Yadong picking up a technical decision win over Henry Cejudo after a somewhat controversial and incredibly weird ending involving an eye poke. But just as we were putting the finishing touches on this mailbag, news broke that next … Read more

Alexander Volkanovski and Diego Lopes react to Ilia Topuria vacating featherweight title

Alexander Volkanovski and Diego Lopes aren’t thinking too much about Ilia Topuria now. Wednesday night, the MMA world was shocked by the news that featherweight champion Ilia Topuria was vacating his title, and former champion Alexander Volkanovski and rising contender Diego Lopes are set to fight for the belt at UFC 314 in April in … Read more

Reaction: Dana White announces Ilia Topuria vacating title, Volkanovski vs. Lopes headlines UFC 314, more

UFC CEO Dana White announced that Ilia Topuria is vacating the UFC featherweight title, and a new champ is going to be crowned in April at UFC 314 — and that was just the beginning of the news White dropped Wednesday night on the MMA world. Following White revealing that Alexander Volkanovski and Diego Lopes … Read more

Ilia Topuria vacates title; Alexander Volkanovski vs. Diego Lopes headlines UFC 314 for featherweight belt

There will be a new featherweight champion crowned at the UFC’s return to Miami. UFC CEO Dana White announced Wednesday night that Ilia Topuria has vacated his title, and former champ Alexander Volkanovski will face surging contender Diego Lopes for the belt in the main event of UFC 314 on April 12 at Kaseya Center. … Read more

Paddy Pimblett happy to welcome Ilia Topuria to lightweight: ‘I’m so much bigger than him’

Paddy Pimblett would love the opportunity to welcome Ilia Topuria to the lightweight division. Topuria had a sensational 2024, winning Fighter of the Year honors for his knockout wins over all-time greats Alexander Volkanovski and Max Holloway. In fact, Topuria’s year was so impressive that despite only having one title defense to his name, the … Read more