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Former featherweight champion Ilia Topuria will enter the octagon for potentially the biggest fight of his career on Sunday, when he faces former lightweight titleholder Charles Oliveira for the vacant UFC lightweight championship.

Topuria (16-0) moves up to the 155-pound weight class for UFC 317 following a successful 2024 at featherweight. He claimed that belt with a second-round knockout of Alexander Volkanovski and defended his title by finishing Max Holloway in the third round of their October bout in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

The 28-year-old dual citizen of Georgia and Spain, ranked fourth on UFC’s pound-for-pound list, now moves up a division hungry to win another belt and join nine others who have held a UFC belt in two weight classes. Topuria has registered eight wins by submission, including six by knockout, and has nine first-round finishes to his credit.

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Oliveira (35-10) will also be searching for history, as he looks to become the first fighter to win the lightweight belt on separate occasions.

Oliveira, who has the most finishes in UFC history, has scored 21 victories by submission, including 10 via knockout.

In the co-main event, flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja (29-5) and Kai Kara-France (25-11) will meet for a second time, nine years after their quarterfinal clash on the reality show “The Ultimate Fighter.” Pantoja won the first meeting by unanimous decision.

-AP