Paddy Pimblett criticizes the UFC for stripping Islam Makhachev but not Jon Jones, highlighting inconsistency in title ...

Islam Makhachev has vacated his lightweight belt and will move up to the welterweight division to fight Jack Della Maddalena, Dana White announced Tuesday.

UFC's lightweight division no longer has a champion as Islam Makhachev has opted to vacate the title to fight a current title ...

Ilia Topuria says Islam Makhachev’s welterweight move proves he’s mentally broken, avoiding tough lightweight contenders.

Islam Makhachev’s manager has revealed the ... A rematch with Charles Oliveira, who he beat to become champion at UFC 280 in October 2022, seems like the next best option if you look at ...

The UFC is heading for a confusing place regarding International Fight Week. The annual marquee event generally features a ...

Makhachev is the UFC lightweight champion and has the held the belt for three years since he defeated Charles Oliveira at UFC 280 in October ... straight in there with Islam.

UFC President Dana White announced Friday that Islam Makhachev will defend the ... for the vacant UFC lightweight title at UFC 280 in 2022, Makhachev has twice defeated Alexander Volkanovski ...

Makhachev was supposed to face Arman Tsarukyan ... The Russian fighter took the belt off of Charles Oliveira at UFC 280, and he has successfully defended his title 3 times since.