Makhachev is expected to challenge Della Maddalena for the welterweight title this year, though Topuria still wants to face ...

Veteran MMA coach Javier Mendez recently agreed with Khabib Nurmagomedov about who would be Islam Makhachev's toughest test ...

Ilia Topuria has explained he'd rather vacate his title than welcome a fight with the No. 1-ranked lightweight title ...

Charles Oliveira has let go of his need to avenge his loss to Islam Makhachev. The former UFC lightweight champion once insisted the version of "Do Bronx" who succumbed to Makhachev in 2022 wasn't ...

Earlier this year, Islam Makhachev shockingly vacated his UFC lightweight title in pursuit of a welterweight title fight ...

Speaking with the Nelk Boys, Topuria hinted at two names being in the mix: Justin Gaethje and Paddy Pimblett, both of whom ...

ABU DHABI – Bryce Mitchell is adamant that UFC lightweight champion Ilia Topuria is not unstoppable.

Islam Makhachev thinks sees the UFC 317 main event between Ilia Topuria and Charles Oliveira as a coin toss.. Topuria and Oliveira will fight for the vacant lightweight title left behind by ...

Oliveira has been out of the title picture since losing the title to Islam Makhachev at UFC 280. Charles Oliveira is just days away from heading the UFC 317 card on International Fight Week for ...

For the first time since giving up UFC lightweight gold, Islam Makhachev speaks at length about his move to welterweight and why it's happening now.

Topuria (17-0 MMA, 9-0 UFC) claimed the lightweight title by knocking out Charles Oliveira (35-11 MMA ... across two divisions makes him the No. 1 pound-for-pound spot over Islam Makhachev – which is ...

Khabib Nurmagomedov is "more concerned" about Islam Makhachev losing to Jack Della Maddalena than he ever was Ilia Topuria.