Ilia Topuria remains ready for what the outcome is from his striving for a lightweight title fight against Islam Makhachev.
In anticipation of UFC 315 on Saturday, Welterweight sent champion Belal Muhammad the Islam Makhachev a challenging message after the Russian continued to hint to a potential movement in weight.
Ilia Topuria has continued to hint through that his next fight will soon be announced and declares that he will fight on UFC 317 at the end of June.
And with that UFC boss Dana White confirmed that the result of the UFC 315 Main Event will determine who will then fight both Topuria and Islam Makhachev.
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Topuria sends Makhachev a two words message for UFC 315
When Belal Muhammad successfully defends his 170 pound title against Jack della Maddalena on Saturday, Makhachev will more than probably fight 'El Matador'.
But if Della Maddalena puts an end to the short reign of Muhammad, Makhachev will finally go up to good weight to compete for a second belt.
If the Russian champion in fact goes to Welterweight, he has revealed that he will not leave his lightweight title and will try to hold both belts at the same time.
And with UFC 315 only a few hours deleted, Topuria Makhachev has sent a two words message prior to the determining fight.
“Happy Saturday”, Topuria endorsed a video of him training, tagging Makhachev.
The 28-year-old looks visibly heavier for his move to 155 pounds, and if the Spaniard does not secure a fight against Makhachev, he will probably take fellow participant, Charles Oliveira.
Is Makhachev vs Topuria the biggest fight that the UFC could now make?
A large majority of the UFC fan base believes that a fight between Makhachev and Topuria is the biggest fight that can currently be made in sport.
The only other fight that may have more hype around it is a UFC heavyweight title Unification Fight between Jones and Tom Aspinall, with that fight that is still being delayed.
Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn recently took a wipe on the UFC and claimed that they have a current problem with 'lack of stars', but if they can successfully use the aforementioned fighting, it could be a huge back of the year before the promotion.
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