This week is a huge for Ilia Topuria, because he is looking for success in a second weight class.
After his remarkable run in featherweight, the undefeated star will now try to shoot directly to the top of the lightweight division at UFC 317.
Topuria is confronted with Charles Oliveira in the main event on 28 June, where a new 155 pound champion is crowned after the Islam Makhachev has left the title.
With Topuria who may want to protect even more UFC gold in the future, 'El Matador' has big plans, and they are not just for his own career.
The 28-year-old has also invested in sport and tries to give hunters the platforms and opportunities they need to follow in his footsteps, with the MMA promotion with which he is involved in signing a remarkable name.
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Former UFC Bantamweight Brett Johns Signs with Ilia Topuria's Wow FC Na PFL -Exit
Prior to his featherweight title defense against Max Holloway, it was announced that Ilia Topuria had become a part-owner of the Spanish MMA promotion, Way of Warrior FC.
Topuria hopes that in his involvement the promotion can be the platform that Spanish hunters need, that was not available for him during his way to the UFC.
The next event of the promotion, which is broadcast on UFC Fight Pass by Marbella, Spain, will contain a former UFC hunter who has also spent time in the PFL, as reported by Ben Thomas.
Brett Johns arrived for the first time in the UFC in November 2016 and brought a 11-0 record with him in his Octagon debut.
The Welshman was able to hit the ground on the big stage and won three in a row, including a 30-second victory on Joe Soto who only saw him produce the second calf fling in UFC history.
Johns' Streak led him to a matchup with Aljamain Sterling, who won the fight through a unanimous decision, who started his winning run that went all the way to the Bantamweight title.
He separated distance from the UFC in 2020 after his contract had passed, after having gone 5-2 in the Octagon, before he made various performances with Bellator and PFL.
Johns was previously announced as part of the GFL schedule, but now he will look back from successive losses by debuting in WOW FC from Topuria.
Brett Johns faced Georgian Talent Levan Kirtadze on his WOW FC debut
While the PFL-Run of Brett Johns may have ended in back-to-back losing, he is still a high-level competitor in the European scene.
On WOW 21 on 9 August he will take on Georgia's Levan Kirtadze while both men try to return to the winning column in the Co-Main event of the evening.
Although it has not yet been announced, a colleague Welsh Fighter will also perform in the main event, according to the promotion.
Kirtadze has a record of 13-5, in the past by remarkable European names such as Sanikidze and Tobias Harila.
After suffering a loss of decision in May, he hopes to regain some momentum by gaining the biggest victory of his career at a former UFC hunter who showed a clear potential in the Octagon.