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The announcement that Ilia Topuria and Charles Oliveira will be facing one another for the soon-to-be-vacant lightweight title signaled an end to the champ-champ era in the UFC. There were reasons to believe the Ultimate Fighting Championship had decided to move on earlier, as Topuria was required to vacate the featherweight crown before being given the green light to move up to 155 pounds to fight for a new belt. With two champions vacating their thrones to move up—one of them considered…
