For quite some time, several MMA fans have been demanding to see a showdown between former UFC Lightweight Champion Islam Makhachev and former UFC Featherweight Champion Ilia Topuria. But it seems like those fans will have to wait a bit longer as UFC CEO Dana White recently announced that Makhachev will vacate his championship title to move up to welterweight and challenge Jack Della Maddalena for the throne.

Going into the UFC's most recent pay-per-view, UFC 315, it was pretty much common knowledge that the result of the welterweight title fight between Belal Muhammad and Jack Della Maddalena was going to have huge implications on the lightweight division,

Speaking with EuroSport, Topuria was asked about not fighting Makhachev in his first lightweight championship opportunity. “He’s the biggest hypocrite I’ve ever seen in my l