US EditionIlia Topuria reveals his UFC return timeline and opponent
Topuria will defend his lightweight title after dealing with personal legal issues; UFC booked an interim title fight for UFC 324, set for next weekend in Las Vegas.
- On Friday, Ilia Topuria, UFC lightweight champion, said on X he will return to the Octagon between April and June to defend his title.
- Last year, Ilia Topuria stepped away, later saying he faces `false allegations of domestic abuse` and recently appeared in family court in Spain over custody with ex-wife Giorgina Uzcategui.
- Topuria, 28, remains unbeaten with a 17-0 record, having become a two-weight UFC champion last June by knocking out Charles Oliveira at UFC 317.
- The UFC created an interim title fight between Justin Gaethje and Paddy Pimblett to headline UFC 324 in Las Vegas next weekend, keeping the lightweight division active.
- With a return slated between April and June, Ilia Topuria could try a title defence first before moving up to welterweight to chase Islam Makhachev, former lightweight champion.
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Ilia Topuria has a challenge ahead of her. Or at least that’s what UFC fans want – and the organizers themselves. Everyone wants to see a duel between Spanish and Islam Makhachev. They’re two of the great stars of that sport, but there’s no date or confirmation that that fight is going to take place. Meanwhile, what has advanced Topuria is when it will fight again. That’s true, it doesn’t give an exact date, it puts a period of time, but at leas…
Hispano-Georgian wrestler Ilia Topuria revealed this Friday through his social networks when he will return to the octagon to compete after the break that has been taken to overcome his personal problems with his already ex-wife.One X user was interested in the future of Topuria and he did not hesitate to respond by ensuring that he will fight again in "April-June" this year, in just a few months.After that statement, another follower asked 'El …
Ilia Topuria has just confirmed through her 'X' account when she will re-enter the Octagon and who will be her next rival. The first undefeated double champion of the UFC has responded to a user asking her about her future, after 'El Matador' became official a few weeks ago that it will take a few months of rest to overcome the personal problems she is experiencing right now. wf_cms.rss.read_more
Ilia Topuria went to social media to shed some light on her current professional inactivity. Hispano-georgian announced weeks ago a prolonged stoppage at this beginning of 2026 due to legal processes resulting from her separation from her already ex-wife."I'm going through difficult times in my life," she admitted in her X account, a pause that put UFC in check and forced Dana White to create an interim lightweight belt, which Justin Gaethje and…
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