REACTION | Ilia Topuria VACATES, Volkanovski vs. Lopes Headlines UFC 314 & MUCH MORE

MMA Fighting

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Sports News, Sports, News

4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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UFC CEO Dana White promised big announcements, and he delivered. Following White announcing Ilia Topuria will vacate the featherweight title, and that Alexander Volkanovski faces Diego Lopes for the vacant belt at UFC 314 in April, MMA Fighting's Mike Heck and Damon Martin react to the big news, along with Michael Chandler vs. Paddy Pimblett being officially announced as the five-round co-main event, Belal Muhammad vs. Jack Della Maddalena headlining UFC 315 in May, and much more. Follow Mike Heck: @m_heckjr Follow Damon Martin: @DamonMartin Subscribe: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/u8VvLi Visit our playlists: http://goo.gl/eFhsvM Like MMAF on Facebook: http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/nOATUI Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:46.0	You're listening to the Vox Media Podcast Network. You know, when you hear that music, big things are, they're not brewing.
1:05.2	They are fully brewed.
1:07.2	And UFC CEO, Dana White, it's not often that he says he's going to do something and then when he actually does it,
1:15.6	he comes through in a big way.
1:17.6	But boy, did he come through in a big way tonight?
1:21.6	UFC 314 is coming together. We have a main event and there's a lot going on with that. UFC 315 as a main event and there's a lot going on with that.
1:27.6	UFC 315 as a main event.
1:29.6	There's a lot going on with that.
1:31.3	We have fight announcements.
1:32.8	We have main events shifting in all sorts of different directions.
1:37.0	And the big news, as you can see on the top,
1:40.7	we're going to have a brand new featherweight champion at UFC 314
1:44.0	because the first thing Dana White announced during his Instagram live is that Iliot Toporia, the featherweight champ who knocked out Alexander Volcanowski a year ago at UFC 298 and then went on to become the first fighter to stop Max Holloway via strikes in his first title defense at
2:02.0	UFC 308 back in October.
2:04.8	The man is dead serious about going up to lightweight.
2:08.4	He is no longer the featherweight champion.
2:10.4	He is vacating the title.
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