We may not see a fight between former lightweight champion  Islam Makhachev (27-1) and former featherweight titleholder  Ilia Topuria (16-0), but the two are doing an excellent job building a future grudge match.  At a recent press conference, Topuria called Makhachev a ‘hypocrite’ and accused the top pound-for-pound fighter of running from fight with him. “(Islam) is the biggest hypocrite I’ve ever seen,” Topuria recently said in a press conference (h/t Marca, Championship Rounds ). “He said he didn’t want to give me the opportunity because I was the little guy, and now the little guy is the one looking for the same opportunity I was looking for.