UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev has vacated his title, paving the way for Ilia Topuria to meet Charles Oliveira for ...

That Islam Makhachev is going up to welterweight to challenge for a title is not a surprise. Vacating his current belt may have been.

The middleweight title fight between Dricus Du Plessis and Khamzat Chimaev will headline UFC 319 on Aug. 16 in Chicago.