Earlier this week, Ilia Topuria left the featherweight title when pursuing a new challenge at lightweight.
Earlier this week, the MMA world received a series of shocking news from UFC Boss, Dana White, with the most surprising thing that Ilia Topuria left the featherweight title.
After he had disabled both Alexander Volkanovski and Max Holloway in 2024, Ilia Topuria believes that there is nothing left for him at 145 pounds and has admitted that the weight cut his toll took him.
White announced that Volkanovski and Diego Lopes will compete for the empty title at UFC 314 in Miami and as soon as that fight starts, 'El Matador' is no longer a UFC champion.
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Daniel Cormier wonders Ilia Topuria's decision to leave the title
The 28-year-old Spaniard hopes to record Islam Makhachev for the lightweight title immediately, despite the fact that Makhachev is not completely open to that idea.
Since Conor McGregor became a simultaneous double champion in 2016, it has unfortunately become the norm for fighters to want to jump between weight classes in an attempt to become a double champion.
With Topuria who had only made one defense of the 145 pound title, there was conversations about him who went to lightweight to become a double champion, criticized by many of the UFC fanbase, including UFC legend Chael Sonen.
Despite the fact that, former UFC Double Champion, Daniel Cormier has the decision of Topuria to leave the featherweight title, in doubt, which says he should have holding it and it was insisted that an interim title was introduced while he tried Double Champ status .
“In this case, most would believe that he is doing the right thing because he will not keep the entire division,” Cormier began to explain in a video on his YouTube channel.
“But for me I have to be honest, I would have been a bit selfish in this situation because what if he loses? What if he earns a title fight and what if he loses? Now he is no longer even a featherweight champion. He should have holding the belt and waiting.
“Lopes and Volkanovski would like to fight for an interim championship, you go outside with nothing to lose, you play money with houses,” Cormier continued.
Cormier believes that Topuria will not immediately fight for the lightweight title
Although there has been a constant feud between Makhachev and Topuria, Cormier does not immediately believe that 'El Matador' gets a lightweight title fight.
Makhachev's lightweight title government is somewhat plagued by the fact that all his title defenses have come to the current or former litter. That's why he doesn't like Topuria a title shot.
And with that the UFC commentator believes that the 28-year-old Spaniard will eventually fight against Charles Oliveira in a number one contender fight.
“I don't talk to every knowledge, I believe it's Charles Oliveira … You match Topuria and Oliveira, they fight relatively quickly, Islam is in Ramadan … you let them fight with the guarantee that one of these guys has one Get title fight, “said Cormier.
Diego Lopes claims that the UFC no longer allows 'double champions'
Despite the fact that Cormier questions Topuria to leave his title, according to Diego Lopes, UFC champion has instructed that they should leave their title empty if they think about going on or off a weight class.
This is quite a surprise, since Makhachev has played with the idea of going to Welterweight to become a double champion, just like middleweight champion, Drica du Plessis, given a movement until 205 pounds.
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