UFC featherweight champion Ilia Topuria ’s dominance has him desiring a move up to lightweight. Topuria (16-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) is coming off back-to-back knockouts of featherweight greats Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 298 and Max Holloway at UFC 308 . His resume also includes wins over ranked contenders Bryce Mitchell and Josh Emmett. Although Topuria wants to challenge lightweight champion Islam Makhachev next, he’s not short of contenders just yet, with the likes of Diego Lopes and Movsar Evloev impressing in their current runs. Jorge Masvidal sees his American Top Team training partner, Evloev (19-0 MMA, 9-0 UFC), having the grappling prowess to potentially beat Topuria. “We got another killer from American Top Team
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Jorge Masvidal picks teammate as UFC champ Ilia Topuria’s toughest featherweight fight – MMA Junkie