Pursuing double-champ status in the UFC is one of the rarest and most legendary achievements in combat sports, with only a select few fighters such as Conor McGregor, Amanda Nunes, and Daniel Cormier ever accomplishing the feat.

Ilia Topuria and Islam Makhachev’s recent war of words has the MMA world talking. The former featherweight champion and the soon-to-be former lightweight champion are both moving up to challenge for world titles in higher divisions.

The pair of top pound for pound fighters could have had a superfight over the summer that now appears dead in the water