UFC featherweight champion Ilia Topuria has mapped out a two-fight plan. Topuria (15-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) expects his first title defense to be against former 145-pound champ Max Holloway (26-7 MMA, 22-7 UFC), who knocked out Justin Gaethje at UFC 300 in April . However, Topuria still has his sights set on a megafight with Conor McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC), who returns against Michael Chandler in the UFC 303 headliner on June 29. “El Matador” is confident he could sell out the Santiago Bernabeu stadium when the UFC makes it’s expected debut in Spain next year. “I hope to defend the belt with Max Holloway, and then I want a fight with Conor McGregor hopefully,” Topuria told Sportskeeda . “If he wins his upcoming fight, that’s the fight I’m looking for

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UFC champion Ilia Topuria hopes to fight Max Holloway in September, then Conor McGregor next – MMA Junkie

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