After vacating the featherweight title, Ilia Topuria and his team are on the hunt for the lightweight belt which is currently held by Islam Makhachev. After going undefeated in every fight he fought in, Topuria believes he has what it takes to beat Makhachev for the title but there’s a slight problem. <\/p>
Makhachev and his team believes that Topuria cannot just challenge the champ for a fight immediately and instead needs to fight some of the lightweight contenders and climb up the ranks like others do. The back-and-forth between the two and their teams has not stopped and we still don’t know if the fight will happen anytime soon.<\/p>
Recently, Topuria tweeted on X and it read “When we announce it, you won’t believe it.” This has led to a lot of speculations as in who Topuria could potentially take on next. Since his tweet included an element of surprise, we tried to think of who he could fight next but ultimately failed to come up with a name. <\/p>
Nevertheless, their have been rumors swirling about a potential fight between Topuria and Charles Oliveira. However, the Brazilian’s team previously said that if the challenger does not have the belt, Oliveira would not be interested.<\/p>