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UFC champion Topuria intends to change weight category
Current UFC featherweight champion Ilia Topuria said he wants to move up to lightweight.
Topuria won the champion title on February 17, 2024, knocking out Alexander Volkanovski. On October 26, he defended his title by knocking out Max Holloway.
“Maybe changes are coming.” Yes, it’s very likely that you have already seen my last fight in the featherweight division,” MMAJunkie quotes Topuria.
In the absolute UFC ranking, Topuria ranks fourth. Previously, he expressed his readiness to fight Russian Islam Makhachev, the UFC lightweight champion. Makhachev said that he himself plans to change the category to a higher one, so he is not interested in a fight with a lightweight.
Source: Sportbox
