Ilia Topuria | Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Michael Bisping hopes Ilia Topuria doesn’t fall into the same pattern as Jon Jones . On his YouTube channel, Bisping opined on the potential challengers for Topuria, who recently vacated the featherweight title to move up to lightweight, where he was successful in capturing a vacant lightweight title when he knocked out Charles Oliveira at UFC 317 . The current frontrunners are Paddy Pimblett (a longtime rival that confronted Topuria in the cage after his UFC 317 triumph), Justin Gaethje, and Arman Tsarukyan .