Ilia Topuria has no shortage of potential suitors nipping at his heels. | \ud83d\udcf7: Getty/UFC
The ball appears to be in Ilia Topuria’s court.
As one of 27 undefeated competitors on the Ultimate Fighting Championship roster with at least one victory inside the organization, the reigning lightweight titleholder has no shortage of potential suitors nipping at his heels in the deep and dangerous 155-pound weight class. Perhaps Topuria’s most viable contender emerged at UFC Fight Night 265, where Arman Tsarukyan returned from a 588-day layoff to put away Dan Hooker with an arm-triangle choke in the second round of their Nov. 22 main event. The American Top Team-trained Russian has rattled off…
