Fight fans have still crossed their fingers for one of the largest fighting of 2025 that takes place in several months.
Despite a recent “error” during the UFC Vegas 105 broadcast with regard to Ilia Topuria, we still do not know what the next one is for him, because he has moved to lightweight.
There is a lot of talk about Topuria who may be confronted with Charles Oliveira, but the matchup that many want to see would go directly to a title fight.
Islam Makhachev who defends the lightweight belt against the unbeaten star would be very logical for the main event of the International Fight Week of this year, UFC 317 on 28 June.
Nevertheless, a recent report claimed that Makhachev would probably not compete on this date because of his plan to wait and see what is happening at UFC 315.
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Ali Abdelaziz says that Islam Makhachev is waiting to make his next step 'fake news'
On UFC 315 on May 10, Belal Muhammad will make the first defense of his welterweight title against Jack della Maddalena in Montreal.
Islam Makhachev is waiting for the result of this matchup before taking a decision about his next step, would be logical for the lightweight champion.
In the event that Della Maddalena pulls the upset, it would enable him to prepare for a move to Welterweight that he would clearly prefer instead of experiencing another former featherweight champion in Ilia Topuria.
Muhammad, who has trained with Makhachev and his team in the past, would probably mean that the pound-for-pound king will remain at 155 pounds for at least one title defense until it is the right time for him to go up, making the Topuria Matchup the path to go even if it was postponed.
Although it seems reasonable that this would be true and therefore both the champion and the matchup with Topuria rule outside the head of the International Vechtweek, the report received some pushback from the camp from the title holder.
Makhachev's manager Ali Abdelaziz recently responded to a position where he gave his clear and concise thoughts about the legitimacy of the report.
UFC 317 has already announced its first big matchup
Because it seems that Kai Kara-France has started his preparations for a rematch with flight weight champion Alexandre Pantoja, a crucial flight weight matchup is the first major fight being booked for UFC 317.
28 June in Las Vegas sees two of the best contenders on 125 pounds, Brandon Royval and Manel Kape, meet each other in three rounds to probably decide who the next challenger is.
The two men would collide in March until Royval withdrew because of concussion symptoms he had suffered before the fight.
KAGE then produced a dominant version against ASU Almabayev with many questioning at the time whether 'Starboy' had done enough to catch up in Kara-France in the title photo.
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