BAD MMA - The origins of combat™ » a-pretty-strong https://www.badmma.com The BADDEST Brand on the Planet™ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:38:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Matt Brown: If Ilia Topuria beats Arman Tsarukyan next, he’s reaching ‘Jon Jones level greatness’ already https://www.badmma.com/matt-brown-if-ilia-topuria-beats-arman-tsarukyan-next-hes-reaching-jon-jones-level-greatness-already.html https://www.badmma.com/matt-brown-if-ilia-topuria-beats-arman-tsarukyan-next-hes-reaching-jon-jones-level-greatness-already.html#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2025 17:00:00 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/matt-brown-if-ilia-topuria-beats-arman-tsarukyan-next-hes-reaching-jon-jones-level-greatness-already.html Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Ilia Topuria took out his third former champion while becoming one of only a handful of fighters to ever win titles across two division when he knocked out Charles Oliveira at UFC 317 . Immediately afterwards, Topuria started listing off potential challengers including Arman Tsarukyan but ultimately settled on his longtime rivalry with Paddy Pimblett , who ended up coming into the octagon for a faceoff before a shove forced security to intervene. Judging by the disdain shared between these two fighters, Topuria’s first title defense as lightweight champion is almost assuredly going to come against Pimblett, but UFC legend Matt Brown really hopes that’s not the case

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