Who is Ilia Topuria fighting next? That’s been the question surrounding the lightweight champion. Many top contenders, including Justin Gaethje, Paddy Pimblett, and Arman Tsarukyan, have been touted as potential title shot contenders. Meanwhile, UFC legend Chael Sonnen has appeared to take a page out of WWE’s playbook to solve the conundrum surrounding Topuria’s first title defense.

When Chael Sonnen took WWE as a means to explain how Dana White and Co. could use their method to book Ilia Topuria ‘s next fight, he did not say that because both promotions are under the same umbrella now. Sonnen mentioned that back in the day, UFC was looking for inspiration to sort out its business model, and guess what? The UFC went on to adopt the WWE’s model.

“It was Lorenzo [Fertitta] himself

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