UFC ranked welterweight Diego Lopez announced that the promotion has decided to abandon the practice of dual championships. That is, now the champion in one weight will not be able to move up to another division and fight for the title, keeping the championship belt. It was for this reason that Elijah Topuria gave up the featherweight title and moved up to the lightweight division.
"They communicated that very clearly. They're not saying they're not going to give any more fighters who move from division to division a chance. No, but if you want to move up in weight, you have to vacate your championship belt. That's been said to all champions who are thinking about moving up a division."
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