UFC 317 is set, but questions remain about what could've been if matchmakers had made some different calls for both Ilia Topuria and Islam Makhachev.

Ilia Topuria might not be without gold for much longer. Topuria vacated his UFC featherweight championship in February as he prepared for a permanent move to lightweight. His first fight as a full-time lightweight will be for the vacant title when he takes on Charles Oliveira,

Ilia Topuria has a chance to be come a two-division champion, but he won’t be fighting lightweight king Islam Makhachev.