BAD MMA - The origins of combat™ » holds-the-170 https://www.badmma.com The BADDEST Brand on the Planet™ Thu, 23 Jul 2026 05:45:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Ilia Topuria: ‘The first fight they offered me was Islam Makhachev’ https://www.badmma.com/ilia-topuria-the-first-fight-they-offered-me-was-islam-makhachev.html https://www.badmma.com/ilia-topuria-the-first-fight-they-offered-me-was-islam-makhachev.html#comments Fri, 10 Apr 2026 07:43:19 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/ilia-topuria-the-first-fight-they-offered-me-was-islam-makhachev.html Lightweight champion Ilia Topuria headlines the UFC Freedom 250 fight card at the White House in a title unification bout against two-time interim titleholder Justin Gaethje . In the co-main event, former two-division champion Alex Pereira has the opportunity to become the first fighter to ever win championships in three different UFC divisions when he takes on Ciryl Gane for the interim heavyweight tittle. Topuria, also a two-division champion, was supposed to have the opportunity becoming a three-division too, but things changed the night before the fight card was announced

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Ilia Topuria: ‘The first fight they offered me was Islam Makhachev’ – MMA Weekly

]]> https://www.badmma.com/ilia-topuria-the-first-fight-they-offered-me-was-islam-makhachev.html/feed 0 Ilia Topuria: ‘The first fight they offered me was Islam Makhachev’ https://www.badmma.com/ilia-topuria-the-first-fight-they-offered-me-was-islam-makhachev-2.html https://www.badmma.com/ilia-topuria-the-first-fight-they-offered-me-was-islam-makhachev-2.html#comments Fri, 10 Apr 2026 07:43:19 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/ilia-topuria-the-first-fight-they-offered-me-was-islam-makhachev-2.html Lightweight champion Ilia Topuria headlines the UFC Freedom 250 fight card at the White House in a title unification bout against two-time interim titleholder Justin Gaethje . In the co-main event, former two-division champion Alex Pereira has the opportunity to become the first fighter to ever win championships in three different UFC divisions when he takes on Ciryl Gane for the interim heavyweight tittle. Topuria, also a two-division champion, was supposed to have the opportunity becoming a three-division too, but things changed the night before the fight card was announced

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