Ilia Topuria is not leaving the featherweight division. Despite weight-related issues for his last fight and a lightweight bout booked for March, the rising UFC contender is not saying goodbye to his career at 145 pounds. Topuria (11-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) is scheduled to take on Jai Herbert on March 19. The 155-pound booking comes after Topuria was forced off last month’s UFC 270 by the California Athletic Commission due to weight cutting concerns trying to make the 146-pound limit just hours before official weigh-ins. “Well, basically what happened was that in the last week, as we know with weight cutting, it’s not an easy process,” Topuria told MMA Junkie in Spanish
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