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Ilia Topuria

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Topuria Open to Paddy Pimblett in January as UFC Delays First Lightweight Defense

No opponent has been named because Paramount+ kickoff plans collide with contender obligations.

UFC Lines Up Arman Tsarukyan for Ilia Topuria’s First Lightweight Title Defense

Topuria Refuses Tsarukyan Title Shot, Stirring Rival’s Backlash

Topuria Rules Out Tsarukyan as UFC Weighs Gaethje or Pimblett Next

Ilia Topuria Balances UFC Lightweight Reign With Launch of WOW FC as Contender Race Widens

Ilia Topuria Consolidates Lightweight Reign as Title Contenders Step Forward

Ilia Topuria Set to Face Charles Oliveira in UFC 317 Lightweight Title Bout