Islam Makhachev cleared the way for Ilia Topuria and Charles Oliveira to fight for the vacant UFC lightweight title this ...

Standing in Makhachev's pursuit of a second UFC belt is Della Maddalena (18-2 MMA, 8-0 UFC), who outstruck Belal Muhammad to ...

Makhachev’s move up was put in place after Jack Della Maddalena defeated Belal Muhammad at UFC 315 to win the 170-pound title ...

Anatoly Malykhin, the two-weight champion of ONE Championship, praised the skills of former UFC lightweight champion Islam ...

Ilia Topuria's confidence matches his talent. As he chases a second UFC title at UFC 317, he's already plotting a third. On ...

Topuria became the UFC’s latest two-division world champion by winning Islam Makhachev ‘s vacated belt in the UFC 317 main event on Saturday in Las Vegas. After a competitive first few minutes of the ...

Charles Oliveira has let go of his need to avenge his loss to Islam Makhachev. The former UFC lightweight champion once ...

Islam Makhachev tells Kamaru Usman to get in line for a UFC welterweight title shot.

For the first time since giving up UFC lightweight gold, Islam Makhachev speaks at length about his move to welterweight and ...

Makhachev will be watching closely to see who begins the next era at 155 pounds, but former featherweight champ Topuria (16-0 ...

Islam Makhachev reveals that after a lifetime of cutting weight, bulking up to 170 is proving to be challenging.

His opponent was no less credible. Brazil's Oliveira is a former champion at lightweight, and outside of a championship loss to Makhachev, has looked nigh on unbeatable in recent years, defeating the ...