Dana White Teases UFC Fans With Interesting Ilia Topuria Fight News

Dana White teases UFC fans with exciting news about Ilia Topuria’s next fight, sparking speculation about his upcoming opponent

Dana White and Ilia Topuria

What happens to Ilia Topuria at lightweight? This question has kept the fight fans riled up significantly. In one of the surprising incidents, Topuria decided to vacate his featherweight title recently. In a bid to become a two-division champion, Topuria wanted to face off against the lightweight king, Islam Makhachev. However, there has been some back-and-forth about the possibility of the fight getting materialized. However, in a recent statement, Dana White shed some light on the matter.

In a recent interaction, the UFC head honcho stated that confirmed news about the fight is coming up shortly. In fact, the update will be coming in within a couple of weeks.

White states, “We’re working on the plan for [Ilia]. We should have some announcements about him, give us just a couple more weeks.”

Well, this must be an interesting one coming up. After all, a lot of theories have been flung around. While some have stated that Topuria must face Makhachev directly, others want the Spaniard to get into a number one contender fight. Meanwhile, it seems threats are looming large for Topuria at the moment. Former champion Charles Oliveira has vowed to knock Ilia Topuria out.

Charles Oliveira Issues Warning To Ilia Topuria

Charles Oliveira Backs Himself to Knock Out Ilia Topuria

Charles Oliveira and Ilia Topuria

Charles Oliveira has been looking to return to the championship scenario for a long time. After losing the title to Makhachev, Oliveira came close to being the number one contender. Unfortunately, he lost to Tsarukyan. But after Oliveira’s win against Michael Chandler, he is looking to get things up by a notch.

Speaking about a possible matchup with Ilia Topuria, Oliveira told ‘Oddspedia’, “Whoever I get told to fight, I’m going to fight. I have nothing but respect for Ilia Topuria, but this is lightweight. It’s the most difficult division you have ever seen and I have power in my hands. I believe in my Jiu-Jitsu, but I believe that I could knock Ilia Topuria out.”

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Thus, the scenario in the lightweight division looks quite interesting. It remains to be seen how things pan out in the future.