Ilia Topuria e Islam makhachev can face each other next. photo: SUPER FIGHTS Montage
Looking forward to the announcement of your next fight, Ilia Topuria completely rules out the possibility of having to face another athlete other than the current lightweight champion (up to 70,3 kg.) Islam makhachev. In a firm stance during his speech, the Spanish-Georgian revealed that he expects to face the Russian in mid-July to September.
“There is no way I will have to fight for the position of next challenger. I have to fight directly for the belt. I honestly don’t know (when I will fight for the title) I hope in the summer, maybe September, I don’t know. When it’s going to happen, it will happen”, declared Topuria during his participation in The PBD Podcast.
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No longer featherweight champion (up to 65,7kg) after having given up the title to be allowed to change categories, Topuria has already stated that the change was only made after Dana White promised him that his next opponent would be Islam makhachev. Despite the whole storyline, the fighter still has no official confirmation from the organization.
On the other hand, Makhachev indicated that he will wait for the outcome of Belal Muhammad | x Jack Della Maddalena to be able to define the next step in the organization. The tendency is that if by chance his training partner and current champion loses the title to the Australian in UFC 315, on May 10, the Russian will seek his second belt in his career.
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