Watch: Dana White confirms blockbuster summer matchmaking plan
Ilia Topuria will take his first steps in the UFC’s lightweight fold this summer — however in opposition to who must be confirmed.
Speaking on the UFC 315 pre-battle press conference in Montreal late on Thursday, UFC boss Dana White mentioned that old featherweight champion Topuria will battle either lightweight champion Islam Makhachev or old champ Charles Oliviera in his 155-pound debut.
And what’s attention-grabbing is that the identity of Topuria’s opponent will fully be confirmed after this weekend’s UFC 315 foremost occasion between welterweight champion Belal Muhammad and Jack Della Maddalena.
Speaking to Spanish media this week, as renowned by MMA Combating, Topuria mentioned that his next bout will advance in opposition to either Makhachev or Oliveira. Really, if Della Maddalena wins the title bout this weekend he’ll likely next face Makhachev who will switch up from 155-pounds, leaving Topuria to battle Oliveira.
Conversely, if Muhammad — a conclude pal of Makhachev — wins, he Topuria will instead battle the Russian champion and hotfoot away Muhammad to defend his crown in opposition to the next man up at 170-pounds.
“Yeah, there’s heaps of transferring facets correct now and yeah, that’s gorgeous factual,” White prompt the media of the aforementioned diagram.
Take a look on the pudgy press conference, which also featured several other UFC 315 foremost card warring parties, in the video below:
