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UFC Hall of Famer lays out ‘perfect scenario’ for Alexander Volkanovski’s featherweight comeback

Michael Bisping believes that there is a clear route map for the return of Alexander Volkanovski. Former UFC Vederweight Champion Alexander Volkanovski will try to reclaim the featherweight throne when he returns to Diego Lopes in April at UFC 314. After his former rival Ilia Topuria had left the belt, Volkanovski and Lopes will stagger […]

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‘You fight when we tell you to fight’… Dan Hooker shares theory on Ilia Topuria giving up featherweight title

The UFC world received a shock earlier this week when Dana White made an enormous announcement with regard to the Featherweight division. After the Blockbuster victory of Topuria on Max Holloway at UFC 308 in October in October, 'El Matador' had a spontaneous face-off with former enemy, Alexander Volkanovski, which suggests a rematch between the

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Max Holloway shuts down featherweight title prediction as he makes major decision about his UFC future

The Vederweight Division experienced a huge commotion earlier this week when it was announced that Ilia Topuria is leaving the belt. After having dethroned Alexander Volkanovski on UFC 298 last February, Ilia Topuria further increased his star power when he became the first hunter to eliminate Max Holloway on UFC 308. After the fight, Topuria

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‘I will not fail’… Diego Lopes breaks silence after booking UFC 314 featherweight title fight

The featherweight division of the UFC is completely shaken after a few major announcements. Diego Lopes was previously in a bit of a difficult position at the top of the 145-pound weight class. The 30-year-old rising star has won five fights in a row with victories over people like Den Ige and Brian Ortega who

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Dana White announces UFC 314 card headlined by vacant featherweight title fight and Michael Chandler vs Paddy Pimblett

UFC boss Dana White dropped a lot of Wild Fight News on Wednesday evening. It was revealed that Ilia Topuria has given up its featherweight title and will go to lightweight. In his absence, the vacant belt of 145 pounds will be on the line in the main event of UFC 314 on 12 April.

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Ilia Topuria officially vacates featherweight title with Islam Makhachev clash reportedly in the works

Ilia Topuria will offer to become a two -way champion against Islam Makhachev later this year. The featherweight champion won his first belt by eliminating Alexander Volkanovski on UFC 298 last February 2024. Ilia Topuria then defended it spectacularly by sleeping Max Holloway in October on UFC 308. Now he has decided to go up

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Ilia Topuria sings happy birthday to his UFC featherweight title on the anniversary of his Alexander Volkanovski knockout

February 17 will always be a special day in the household of Topuria after what 'El Matador' did in 2024 The incredible rise of Ilia Topuria has been one of the biggest points in MMA in recent years. He represents both Spain and Georgia and arrived in the UFC in 2020 with an unbeaten record

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Calvin Kattar slumps to fourth straight defeat against unranked featherweight at UFC Vegas 102

Calvin Kattar probably lost its place in the featherweight Top 15 with a new crooked defeat at UFC Vegas 102. UFC Feedweight Support Pilower Calvin Kattar's descent in the division continued on Saturday at UFC Vegas 102 on the Apex. Faced with unchanged but striping featherweight Youssef Zalal in the UFC Vegas 102 Co-Main event

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Islam Makhachev accuses Ilia Topuria of being too fat for featherweight as he opens up on UFC champion showdown

The words war between UFC champions Islam Makhachev and Ilia Topuria continues – and now the Dagestani Wrecking Ball becomes personal with his attacks. While Islam Makhachev has plagued a switch to middleweight, many MMA fans expect the next champion versus matchup from below against a superstar, instead of above. Unbelved UFC Featherweight King Ilia

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UFC featherweight announces retirement after back-to-back KO losses

Bill Algeo has announced his immediate pension of mixed martial arts. The 35-year-old American runs away from the sport with an 18-9 record, which includes 10 fights in the UFC and wins over Herbert Burns and Alexander Hernandez. 'Señor Perfecto' has decided to stop MMA after back-to-back knockout losing against Kyle Nelson and Choi Doo-Ho,

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Jorge Masvidal names the man who could dethrone Ilia Topuria as UFC featherweight champion

Former BMF champion Jorge Masvidal believes that a man has the best chance of disguising Ilia Topuria's UFC Featherweight Title Reign. UFC Vederweight Champion Ilia Topuria is fresh from beating BMF title holder Max Holloway in his first title defense on UFC 308. But while he looks ahead to what the next step is for

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Alex Pereira spars featherweight contender Diego Lopes as unique UFC 313 fight camp continues

The Alex Pereira camp for its latest UFC Light Heavyweight Title Defense cannot be called typical. 'Patan' will be confronted with Magomed Ankalaev in the main event of UFC 313 in the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on 8 March. A month from Fight Night you would expect Alex Pereira to be locked up in

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