Ilia Topuria News
Max Holloway believes Dana White and the UFC protected Ilia Topuria on his route to the title
Max Holloway believes that Dana White and the UFC protected Ilia Topuria on his route to the featherweight title. The undefeated Ilia Topuria (15-0 MMA) is the current UFC featherweight champion. It… Read more
Merab Dvalishvili applauds Ilia Topuria for rejecting the Sean O’Malley fight: “He knows what real men should do”
Merab Dvalishvili is applauding UFC featherweight champion Ilia Topuria for rejecting the Sean O'Malley fight. UFC 299, which took place last Saturday in 'The Sunshine State', saw bantamweight champion Sean O'Malley (18-1… Read more
Ilia Topuria rejects challenge from UFC bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley
Ilia Topuria isn't interested in fighting Sean O'Malley next. O'Malley defended his bantamweight title for the first time on Saturday night with a masterful performance against Marlon Vera. It was a one-sided… Read more
Ilia Topuria's coach advises Alexander Volkanovski to take a tuneup fight before rematching ‘El Matador’
Ilia Topuria's coach Jorge Climent has given his thoughts on Alexander Volkanovski getting a rematch for the title. Just a few weeks ago, Ilia Topuria knocked out Alexander Volkanovski to become the… Read more
Alexander Volkanovski breaks silence after UFC 298 loss to Ilia Topuria: "I'm gonna let my head rest"
Former UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski is going to take some time off. 'The Great' is fresh off his return earlier this month against Ilia Topuria. The featherweight champion was back for… Read more
Coach Eugene Bareman provides update on former UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski: “He definitely needs to rest”
Eugene Bareman has provided an update on the condition of former UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski. At UFC 298, Alexander Volkanovski suffered a pretty devastating loss. He was knocked out cold by… Read more
Movsar Evloev unloads on Ilia Topuria for his recent callout of Khabib Nurmagomedov
UFC featherweight Mosvar Evloev has questioned Ilia Topuria for calling out the likes of Khabib Nurmagmedov. Ever since becoming world champion, Ilia Topuria has been pretty busy. From interviews to celebrations and… Read more
UFC champion Ilia Topuria receives hero’s welcome at Real Madrid vs Sevilla match
UFC featherweight champion Ilia Topuria received an incredible welcome at the weekend prior to Real Madrid’s clash with Sevilla. Earlier this month, Ilia Topuira knocked out Alexander Volkanovski to become the new… Read more
Aljamain Sterling previews future matchup against UFC champion Ilia Topuria: "That's not an easy fight"
Aljamain Sterling is well aware that it's going to take a lot to defeat UFC featherweight champion Ilia Topuria. 'Funk Master' has been out of action since a knockout loss to Sean… Read more
Yair Rodriguez says he doesn't want to just fight Ilia Topuria but wants to "f**k him up"
Yair Rodriguez is happy Ilia Topuria became the featherweight champion, as he wants to hurt the Georgian-Spaniard to win the title. Before Topuria fought Alexander Volkanovski for the title at UFC 298,… Read more
Brian Ortega doesn't think Alexander Volkanovski looked "like the same Volk" against Ilia Topuria at UFC 298
Brian Ortega doesn't think Alexander Volanovski looked like his usual self in his UFC 298 title fight against Ilia Topuria. Volkanovski was coming off a KO loss to Islam Makhachev back in… Read more
Ilia Topuria shakes up the pound-for-pound rankings following UFC 298 title win
UFC featherweight champion Ilia Topuria has made quite the debut in the pound-for-pound rankings. Last weekend at UFC 298, Ilia Topuria won the UFC featherweight championship. He did so by knocking out… Read more
Alexander Volkanovski's coach claims Ilia Topuria only "had a puncher's chance" at UFC 298: "Alex has a much better skill set"
Joe Lopez the head coach of Alexander Volkanovski knows his fighter has a much better skill set than Ilia Topuria, despite the loss at UFC 298. Volkanovski was headlining UFC 298 on… Read more
What's next for the stars of UFC 298?
The UFC was in Anaheim, California on Saturday for UFC 298 and the featherweight title was on the line in the main event. In the main event, Alexander Volkanovski was looking to… Read more
Sean O'Malley explains why he wants Ilia Topuria over Merab Dvalishvili next: "He's very beatable"
UFC bantamweight Sean O’Malley wants Ilia Topuria over Merab Dvalishvili for an interesting reason. ‘Sugar’ is currently scheduled to return to the octagon next month in the main event of UFC 299.… Read more
Watch | Israel Adesanya's live reaction to Ilia Topuria knocking out Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 298
UFC star Israel Adesanya has released a video of him reacting to Alexander Volkanovski's loss to Ilia Topuria. On Saturday night, Ilia Topuria became the new UFC featherweight champion. He did so… Read more
Conor McGregor responds to challenge from newly crowned UFC featherweight champion Ilia Topuria
UFC star Conor McGregor has responded to the challenge issued by UFC featherweight champion Ilia Topuria. On Saturday night, Ilia Topuria knocked out Alexander Volkanovski to become the new king at 145… Read more
Ilia Topuria isn't too high on idea of Alexander Volkanovski rematch following UFC 298: "It's time to move on"
Ilia Topuria has responded to Alexander Volkanovski calling for an immediate rematch following UFC 298. Topuria challenged Volkanovski for the UFC Featherweight Championship inside the Honda Center in Anaheim, California on Saturday… Read more