Dana White is waiting until the conclusion of UFC 322 to decide on Ilia Topuria's next fight.

That's according to Ali Abdelaziz, the manager of Islam Makhachev , who faces Jack Della Maddalena for the UFC welterweight title on the New York card this month .

Makhachev vacated the lightweight strap earlier this year to move up a division, and he contends for the belt in his first fight at 170lbs in the main event of UFC 322.

Before Della Maddalena was announced as his inaugural welterweight opponent, Makhachev had been linked to a fight with Ilia Topuria for months.

Topuria had also vacated a UFC title at the time to move up to lightweight, having declared his interest several times in locking horns with the Russian in his first fight at 155lbs.

Topuria wound up knocking out

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