{"id":34171,"date":"2025-03-29T04:16:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T03:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=34171"},"modified":"2025-03-29T04:16:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T03:16:19","slug":"ilia-topuria-names-these-2-lightweights-as-his-next-potential-opponents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/ilia-topuria-names-these-2-lightweights-as-his-next-potential-opponents\/","title":{"rendered":"Ilia Topuria Names These 2 Lightweights As His Next Potential Opponents"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’ve been following the 155 division of the UFC<\/a>, then you must know that there a lot of confusion, drama, and chaos going around. It’s not only the top contenders in the light heavyweight division that are clueless, but it seems like even UFC <\/a>President Dana White is unsure about what will transpire in the upcoming months. <\/p>

At first we had Ilia Topuria vacate the featherweight division and the belt to fight Islam Makhachev for the lightweight title, but that will most likely not happen anytime soon as Makhachev and his team have declined to fight another featherweight fighter. This left Topuria and his team a little confused because according to the Georgian’s representative Malki Kawa, they were guaranteed a fight for the title. However, Makhachev and his team believes that Topuria needs to take on other contenders in the lightweight division, and only then the Russian would be interested in fighting the featherweight champ.<\/p>

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So this has left all of us to wonder who will Topuria potentially fight next? Will he fight lightweight contenders like Charles Oliveira first, or will he just wait until Makhachev finally agrees to take him on?<\/p>

Topuria recently revealed that he is preparing to fight Makhachev or Oliveira, and also threw a little jab along their way. Let’s see what he had to say.<\/p>

Topuria Believes That Makhachev and Oliveira Are Afraid To Fight Him<\/h2>

If you follow Topuria, you know he likes to talk a little trash to every opponent he is going to or supposed to face. He named Makhachev and Oliveira as his next opponents but he believes that both his opponents are scared to face him inside the octagon.<\/p>

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Topuria said “I am preparing for Islam Makhachev. All my training is focused on Islam or Charles because I don’t see any other contenders. So I have those two names in my mind. Neither of them seems to step up. They use phrase like a champ fights whoever they’re told and all that, then it’s I won’t fight him, he’s too small. I change weight class and say I’m small, I am now in your division. Then it’s he hasn’t earned it yet. Well, these are signs of fear , we all know it but it is normal. I would be scared too.”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>

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