“I’m not going to leave the title vacant,”says Ilya Topuria

Loud and clear. Ilya Topuria (16-0) He posted a message on social media after the rumors and Speculation as to whether he would leave the title vacant by moving up to lightweight. The latter, which is what the matador himself said a few days ago at the ‘cup’.

But now, the Georgian Spaniard wanted to clarify things with a message on his social networks: “I will not leave the title vacant. The decision to move to the next category is quite a royal one. I haven’t had any conversations with WFC yet, so everything is still to be decided. Stop celebrating because I’m not going anywhere. You have invaded my department and I will do the same in the next one.”

I will not leave the address vacant. The decision to move to the next category is quite a royal one

Ilya Topuria

And it is that in these last hours many voices have been uttered about what will happen to the fighter’s future… It’s the featherweight division. Names like Diego Lopez called for a fight for the belt (with volkanovsky) if Ilya left.

Topuria’s idea, as he noted, is to fight in April or may… And do it already with a light weight to get a less aggressive weight reduction from the current 16 kilograms. But first, as he explains now, he must meet with Dana White and with WFC.

This is the time when it will be decided whether he finally has a rematch with volkanovsky at featherweight or changes divisions and moves to lightweight in search of Makhachev’s belt. In the meantime, the Russian is preparing his defense against Tsarukyan. It will be on January 18 at WFC 311.