Ilia Topuria moved to 17-0 after beating Charles Oliveira at UFC 317, capturing the lightweight belt and jumping to the top of the pound-for-pound rankings. He’s now a two-division champion with some ...

Charles Oliveira has admitted he made a “stupid” choice against Ilia Topuria in their title fight, leading to a knockout defeat by “El Matador”. For Oliveira, the result meant his pursuit of a second ...

Paddy Pimblett won’t be fighting for a title anytime soon if it’s up to Islam Makhachev. The former UFC lightweight champion was asked about who he expects Ilia Topuria—who claimed the 155-pound title ...

Count one former champion among those pushing for some clarity in the lightweight title picture. In June, Ilia Topuria claimed the vacant lightweight throne—one vacated by Islam Makhachev to challenge ...

UFC 323 turned out to be a great card, other than watching two champions lose, with Alexandre Pantoja breaking his arm ...

Islam Makhachev doesn’t understand why the UFC overlooked Arman Tsarukyan for a title shot. With lightweight champion Ilia ...

Since withdrawing from his fight against Makhachev at UFC 311, Tsarukyan weighed in as the official backup for the vacant ...

Topuria captured the lightweight title in his lone 2025 appearance with a brutal knockout of Charles Oliveira at UFC 317 in June. Topuria vacated the featherweight title in hopes to fight Makhachev ...

Islam Makhachev has stoked speculation surrounding a potential fight with UFC lightweight champion Ilia Topuria after naming his ideal opponent for the touted White House card. At such a critical ...