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Tim Welch: ‘Flat-footed’ Ilia Topuria a more favorable matchup for Sean O’Malley than Max Holloway

UFC champ Sean O'Malley's coach would rather he fights Ilia Topuria than Max Holloway in a move to featherweight.

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UFC 306’s Diego Lopes: Win over Brian Ortega puts my name ‘on the table’ for title shot

Diego Lopes believes a win over Brian Ortega at UFC 306 puts his name on the shortlist for a title shot.

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Chael Sonnen suggests Alexander Volkanovski fight at lightweight to avoid ‘gatekeeper’ risk

Chael Sonnen believes Alexander Volkanovski risks tainting his legacy if he competes for the UFC featherweight title next.

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Alexander Volkanovski decides to wait for UFC featherweight title shot, won’t take lightweight fight

After speaking with the UFC, Alexander Volkanovski will simply await the winner of Ilia Topuria vs. Max Holloway at UFC 308.

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Ilia Topuria cautions Alexander Volkanovski against UFC 308 backup role: ‘He needs some rest’

Ilia Topuria thinks it would be a bad career move for Alexander Volkanovski to take the backup role at UFC 308.

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Aljamain Sterling: What happens if Max Holloway can ‘set a little fatigue’ in Ilia Topuria at UFC 308?

Aljamain Sterling sees cardio as a big question mark in UFC featherweight champion Ilia Topuria's game.

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Joe Rogan marvels at UFC champ Ilia Topuria’s ‘phenomenal technique’

Joe Rogan was in awe watching UFC featherweight champion Ilia Topuria crack pads in training.

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Video: Reacting to Ilia Topuria’s bold comments toward Max Holloway, Henry Cejudo’s flyweight tease, more

Ilia Topuria, Henry Cejudo and Belal Muhammad recently spoke to MMA Junkie. We react to their comments on "Spinning Back Clique."

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Max Holloway on Ilia Topuria fight: ‘Everybody thought UFC 300 was amazing. Wait until they see UFC 308’

Max Holloway intends to one-up his incredible performance and knockout at UFC 308 when he challenges Ilia Topuria at at UFC 308.

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Lightweights Myktybek Orolbai, Mateusz Rebecki booked for UFC 308 fight

Surging lightweights Myktybek Orolbai and Mateusz Rebecki will throw down at UFC 308.

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Ilia Topuria sees Diego Lopes as strong candidate for UFC title shot if he beats Brian Ortega

Ilia Topuria revealed he loves "the attitude that Diego Lopes brings," and thinks a UFC title fight between them could happen soon.

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Ilia Topuria says brother Aleksandre has UFC champion potential: ‘Maybe he’s even better than me’

Ilia Topuria believes he and his brother Aleksandre will soon be the first pair of siblings to simultaneously become UFC champions.

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Ilia Topuria: Conor McGregor ‘doesn’t deserve to share the octagon with me’ right now

Ilia Topuria has moved on from the Conor McGregor fight – for now.

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Ilia Topuria says he would beat Sean O’Malley, Max Holloway in same night: ‘They both suck’

Ilia Topuria is more than willing to give Sean O'Malley a chance to become a two-division UFC champion.

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Ilia Topuria: Max Holloway ‘such an easy matchup,’ will get KO’d in first round at UFC 308

Ilia Topuria knows the world won't believe it until they see it, but the champ is certain he will be the first to knock out Max Holloway.

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Ilia Topuria confirms Max Holloway’s BMF title not at stake in UFC 308 headliner

Ilia Topuria has confirmed Max Holloway's BMF title won't be up for grabs in the UFC 308 main event, and he's accepting of that.

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Ilia Topuria part-owner of MMA promotion WOW FC, sees it as ‘perfect platform’ to grow sport in Spain

UFC featherweight champion Ilia Topuria is expanding his role in MMA, taking part ownership of a prominent Spanish promotion.

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Sean O’Malley eyes UFC 306 knockout, 145-pound title shot, then ‘a big boxing fight’

Bantamweight champion Sean O'Malley has some big plans after UFC 306.

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Youssef Zalal: Motivation from Ilia Topuria loss key in successful second UFC run

Take a look inside the fight with Youssef Zalal, who beat Jarno Errens with a first-round submission at UFC on ESPN 61.

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Ilia Topuria vs Max Holloway official as UFC 308 main event

Topuria won the featherweight belt in January, and his first defence comes against ex-champion Holloway

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Magomed Ankalaev vs. Aleksandar Rakic sneaks its way into jam-packed UFC 308 lineup

As if Saturday's announcement of the UFC 308 top trio of fights wasn't enough, the promotion added another big-ticket bout.

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Ilia Topuria vs. Max Holloway title fight headlines UFC 308 in Abu Dhabi

The highly anticipated title fight between Ilia Topuria and Max Holloway is now official, and it'll go down in Abu Dhabi.

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Marc Ratner anticipates UFC’s ‘next big frontier’ of traveling to Africa, Spain within two years

UFC fighters from Africa and Spain could be be competing on their home country's soil soon, according to promotion exec Marc Ratner.

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Face plants galore in the UFC’s best finishes so far in 2024

We're at the midpoint of the year, and the UFC has taken a look back at what's happened so far in 2024.

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Video: Can we make any kind of sense of the UFC’s featherweight division right now?

On "Spinning Back Clique," Our panel takes a look at the UFC's featherweight division and its potentially lengthy standstill at the top.

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