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Paddy Pimblett: ‘Ilia Topuria is a fat featherweight’

BAD MMA News — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 12:30:19 +0000

Former two-division UFC champion Ilia Topuria put together one of the greatest three-fight winning streaks in the promotion’s history to capture the 145-pound and 155-pound championships.

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Paddy Pimblett: ‘Ilia Topuria is a fat featherweight’ – MMA Weekly

Paddy Pimblett: ‘I don’t think Ilia Topuria ever comes back the same’

BAD MMA News — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:07:25 +0000

Former two-division champion Ilia Topuria suffered his first career defeat at UFC Freedom 250, losing the 155-pound championship to Justin Gaethje .

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Paddy Pimblett: ‘I don’t think Ilia Topuria ever comes back the same’ – MMA Weekly

Paddy Pimblett: ‘I don’t think Ilia Topuria ever comes back the same’

BAD MMA News — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:07:25 +0000

Former two-division champion Ilia Topuria suffered his first career defeat at UFC Freedom 250, losing the 155-pound championship to Justin Gaethje . The fight ended at the conclusion of the fourth round with Topuria’s corner throwing in the towel.

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Watch Ilia Topuria flatline Charles Oliveira to win UFC lightweight gold

BAD MMA News — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 02:29:03 +0000

Ilia Topuria made the walk to the octagon inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas in June 2025 to fight for the vacant lightweight championship against former titleholder Charles Oliveira . He had relinquished his featherweight title to move up a division in an effort to become a two-division titleholder

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Rival says he’d ‘smash’ lightweight champion Ilia Topuria’s face in

BAD MMA News — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 06:05:55 +0000

Former featherweight champion Ilia Topuria relinquished the 145-pound title and moved up to the lightweight division to compete for the undisputed 155-pound crown against former champion Charles Oliveira at UFC 317 last June. He knocked out “do Bronxs” in the first round to capture the lightweight title. Who “El Matador” will face in his first title defense remains unclear, but rival and No.

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Rival says he’d ‘smash’ lightweight champion Ilia Topuria’s face in – MMA Weekly

Terence Crawford laughs at Ilia Topuria and ‘drunk’ MMA fighters

BAD MMA News — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 23:59:59 +0000

Terence Crawford will move up in weight to challenge Canelo Álvarez for his undisputed super middleweight title at Allegiant Stadium on Saturday. While in Vegas promoting this weekend’s mega-fight, Crawford was asked about recent comments made by UFC lightweight champion Ilia Topuria. “I won’t talk about what would happen between me and Crawford in an octagon, I’ll talk about what would happen in a ring.

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Terence Crawford laughs at Ilia Topuria and ‘drunk’ MMA fighters

BAD MMA News — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 23:59:59 +0000

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Max Holloway says ‘stupid injury’ suffered in UFC 318 win over Dustin Poirier likely keeps him out until 2026

BAD MMA News — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Photo by Cooper Neill/Zuffa LLC Max Holloway ’s win at UFC 318 over Dustin Poirier appears to be his only fight of 2025. “Blessed” spoiled Poirier’s retirement and retained the BMF title with a unanimous decision victory in the main event of the promotion’s recent pay-per-view event. With the win, the fantasy matchmakers have thrown out a slew of fun ideas for Holloway’s next matchup, but according to the former featherweight titleholder, his next fight likely won’t be until some time in 2026 due to a hand injury suffered in the fight.

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Max Holloway says ‘stupid injury’ suffered in UFC 318 win over Dustin Poirier likely keeps him out until 2026 – MMA Fighting

Former UFC lightweight champion says ‘Ilia Topuria is special’

BAD MMA News — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 10:11:32 +0000

Former featherweight champion Ilia Topuria moved up a division and capture the lightweight title by knocking out former champion Charles Oliveira at UFC 317 on June 28 ( full fight video ). The win capped off one of the most impressive three-fight runs in the promotion’s history. “El Matador” knocked out arguably the greatest featherweight of all time, Alexander Volkanovski , at UFC 298 to win the 145-pound championship. In his first and only title defense, Topuria became the first fighter to knockout BMF titleholder and former featherweight champ Max Holloway .

Former UFC lightweight champion says ‘Ilia Topuria is special’ – MMA Weekly

Max Holloway welcomes chance to recreate viral UFC 300 moment and play ‘spoiler’ for Dustin Poirier’s retirement

BAD MMA News — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Photo by Cooper Neill/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Max Holloway is no stranger to creating viral moments whenever he sets foot in the octagon, but it’s hard to deny his last-second knockout over Justin Gaethje at UFC 300 is probably his most memorable. Already up big on the scorecards and cruising towards a lopsided unanimous decision win, Holloway still threw caution to the wind after he pointed to the canvas and invited Gaethje to just throw down with him in the waning seconds of the fight. That move paid off because Holloway blasted Gaethje with a final punch that sent the former interim lightweight champion crashing face-first to the canvas with one second left on the clock and jaws were on the floor from anybody and everybody watching how it all unfolded.

Max Holloway welcomes chance to recreate viral UFC 300 moment and play ‘spoiler’ for Dustin Poirier’s retirement – MMA Fighting