{"id":41477,"date":"2026-11-06T05:10:54","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T05:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Ilia-Topuria-reveals-who-he-wants-to-fight-next-in-the-UFC-203511"},"modified":"2026-11-06T05:10:54","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T05:10:54","slug":"ilia-topuria-reveals-who-he-wants-to-fight-next-in-the-ufc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/ilia-topuria-reveals-who-he-wants-to-fight-next-in-the-ufc\/","title":{"rendered":"Ilia Topuria reveals who he wants to fight next in the UFC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Ilia
\nTopuria<\/a> is eyeing a longtime foe for his Octagon return.<\/p>\n

The former two-division
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> titleholder recently said he
\nplans to return to competition around April 2027. In a new
\ninterview, \u201cEl Matador\u201d addressed his defeat to Justin
\nGaethje<\/a> and revealed who he wants to fight next.<\/p>\n

Ilia Topuria discusses retirement before calling out Paddy
\nPimblett<\/h2>\n

Topuria labeled his loss to Gaethje at
\nUFC Freedom 250<\/a> the \u201cworst day\u201d of his career and even hinted
\nat retirement before turning his attention to Paddy
\nPimblett<\/a>. They have a long-running, bitter rivalry that began
\nwith Pimblett\u2019s insensitive comments about Topuria\u2019s home country,
\nGeorgia.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been in the worst situation a fighter can be in,\u201d Topuria
\ntold Spanish outlet ABC Diario. \u201cI have seen the worst day of my
\njob. What\u2019s worse than that, dying? I’ve achieved everything, and
\nafter this fight, what else? Maybe I’ll even retire. From April
\nonwards is when we\u2019re considering the return\u2026 Paddy, Paddy, Paddy.
\nI eat him like a sausage, which he is.\u201d<\/p>\n

UFC CEO Dana
\nWhite<\/a> has also hinted at Topuria\u2019s return timeline, saying the
\npromotion is actively working on his next matchup, targeted for
\nnext year.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe’ll be back in 2027,\u201d White told Jim Rome. \u201cWe’re working on
\nthat too.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n

\ud83d\udea8Dana White confirms Ilia
\nTopuria<\/a> will return to the UFC in 2027. \u201cHe’ll be back in 2027.
\nWe’re working on that too.\u201d \ud83d\udde3\ufe0f”The lightweight top 10 is STACKED
\nwith killers. Honestly, it’s the most badass division in the UFC
\nright now.” https:\/\/t.co\/KX48uPZIpN<\/p>\n

\u2014 FightLuck (@FightluckBet)
\nNovember 4, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Ilia Topuria is eyeing a longtime foe for his Octagon return. The former two-division Ultimate Fighting Championship titleholder recently said he plans to return to competition around April 2027. In a new interview, \u201cEl Matador\u201d addressed his defeat to Justin Gaethje and revealed who he wants to fight next. Ilia Topuria discusses retirement before calling […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41478,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}