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 has gone back and forth on social media over the UFC's recent bombshell announcement.

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