Overview

• Topuria shut down any rematch with Alexander Volkanovski and affirmed he will stay exclusively in the lightweight division
• Following his UFC 317 knockout, Sean O’Malley publicly urged UFC to book Paddy Pimblett as Topuria’s inaugural lightweight title defense
• Paddy Pimblett outlined a two-belt ambition that begins with dethroning Topuria and culminates in a run at welterweight gold
• Alexander Volkanovski and Islam Makhachev each shared game plans to exploit Topuria’s cardio and wrestling to reclaim pound-for-pound supremacy
• Veteran Chael Sonnen and contender Paddy Pimblett have challenged UFC’s recognition of Topuria as a simultaneous two-division champion