Ilia Topuria

Coach Jorge Climent confident Ilia Topuria ‘can bang up’ UFC lightweight champ Islam Makhachev

Ilia Topuria challenging UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev, that’s what Jorge Climent would like to see next. Climent, Topuria’s head coach, wants to see an eventual clash between the two UFC champions, and he likes the chances of Topuria (15-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) taking the lightweight title and becoming...

Ilia Topuria’s coach advises Alexander Volkanovski to take tuneup fight over rematch: ‘That would be the smartest thing’

Jorge Climent thinks Alexander Volkanovski should avoid taking an immediate rematch against his pupil, Ilia Topuria, at all costs. Coach Climent, who coaches Topuria (15-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) along with brother Agustin Climent, thinks Volkanovski (26-4 MMA, 13-3 UFC) should really consider taking a tuneup fight before trying to...

MMA Junkie’s Knockout of the Month for February: Ilia Topuria calls his shot and claims gold

With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best knockouts from February 2024: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s Knockout of the Month award for February. At the bottom of the post, let us know...

UFC champion Ilia Topuria takes honorary kickoff at Real Madrid’s game vs. Sevilla at the Santiago Bernabeu

Newly crowned UFC featherweight champion Ilia Topuria got the highest recognition an athlete can get in his adopted home of Spain. On Sunday, Topuria (15-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) took the honorary kick-off at Real Madrid FC’s game against Sevilla in their home stadium, the Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid. Topuria,...

Aljamain Sterling honest in assessment of new UFC champ Ilia Topuria: ‘It’s a tough matchup for anybody’

Aljamain Sterling sees Ilia Topuria posing problems for everyone in the division – including himself. Topuria (15-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) knocked out Alexander Volkanovski to claim the featherweight title this past Saturday at UFC 298. Topuria has primarily used his boxing in his impressive UFC run, but his first...

T.J. Dillashaw: Alexander Volkanovski ‘was fighting scared’ at UFC 298, led to Ilia Topuria’s knockout

T.J. Dillashaw questions Alexander Volkanovski’s game plan vs. Ilia Topuria. Volkanovski (26-4 MMA, 13-3 UFC) lost his featherweight title to Topuria (15-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) by second-round knockout in Saturday’s UFC 298 main event at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. Dillashaw thinks Volkanovski looked uncharacteristically tentative and feared Topuria’s...

Alexander Volkanovski hopes to rest up, rematch Ilia Topuria in Spain: ‘I’m going to get that belt back’

Alexander Volkanovski is willing to go to Spain to get his rematch with Ilia Topuria. Volkanovski (26-4 MMA, 13-3 UFC) lost his featherweight title to Topuria (15-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) by second-round knockout in Saturday’s UFC 298 headliner at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. UFC CEO Dana White confirmed...

UFC champ Ilia Topuria responds to Movsar Evloev’s callout: ‘He needs to finish someone’

ANAHEIM, Calif. – Ilia Topuria is not sold on Movsar Evloev being his first title defense. Topuria (15-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) knocked out Alexander Volkanovski (26-4 MMA, 13-3 UFC) to claim the featherweight title in Saturday’s UFC 298 main event at Honda Center. Evloev, who’s coming off a win...

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