Reaction: Dana White announces Ilia Topuria vacating title, Volkanovski vs. Lopes headlines UFC 314, more
UFC CEO Dana White announced that Ilia Topuria is vacating the UFC featherweight title, and a new champ is going to be crowned in April at UFC 314 — and that was just the beginning of the news White dropped Wednesday night on the MMA world.
Following White revealing that Alexander Volkanovski and Diego Lopes will battle it out for the vacant title at the promotion’s return to Miami, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck and Damon Martin react to Topuria vacating for a new quest at lightweight, if he’ll get an immediate shot at Islam Makhachev, and thoughts on the UFC 314 headliner between Volkanovski and Lopes.
Additionally, they discuss Michael Chandler vs. Paddy Pimblett announced as the April pay-per-view’s five-round co-main event, Patricio Pitbull signing with the promotion to face Yair Rodriguez, Belal Muhammad defending his welterweight belt against Jack Della Maddalena in the main event of UFC 315 in May, and much more.
Watch the full reaction to the news in the video above. An audio-only version of the show can be found below and on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you find your favorite podcasts.
