Henry Cejudo recently claimed that it will be Khabib Nurmagomedov who draws a line under this matchup because he believes ...

UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev showed ... replacement to face Makhachev. Volkanovski, who had defeated Yair Rodriguez to defend the UFC featherweight belt just months earlier at UFC ...

Islam Makhachev is now among the latest champions aiming higher, and welterweight is, by far, his best path to capturing a second belt. While Belal Muhammad has waxed lyrical about the Dagestani ...

Charles Oliveira wants a rematch with Islam ... Week. Makhachev wants it too. Dana, Sean Shelby, Hunter, let’s make it happen. I really want this fight. I’m coming after this belt.

Former UFC champion Daniel Cormier is confident he knows who will be placed opposite lightweight kingpin Islam Makhachev next time out.

Islam Makhachev has dominated the lightweight division, proving his superiority with elite grappling, striking, and relentless pressure in every fight. His achievements surpass former champions ...

dismissing any notion that he needs to gradually work his way up before challenging for the belt. Former fighter Chael Sonnen even took note, 'Ilia Topuria has called out Islam Makhachev eight ...

Javier Mendez, coach to Khabib Nurmagomedov and Islam ... in 2022, Makhachev emulated former champion Khabib, with whom he grew up in Dagestan, Russia. Khabib held the UFC 155lb belt from 2018 ...

Henry Cejudo believes UFC Hall of Famer Khabib Nurmagomedov could get in the way of Islam Makhachev ... an immediate shot at Makhachev (26-1 MMA, 15-1 UFC) and his belt. "I remember talking ...

“If you can make 155 and step into the cage, then we can talk about it”—this well-known quote from Islam Makhachev ... shot at the lightweight belt. Meanwhile, Makhachev, the UFC’s longest ...