Islam Makhachev on Moving Up to 170 Pound Division In an exclusive interview with MMA Junkie, Islam Makhachev finally broke silence on vacating his hard-earned 155 belt and justified his action.

Topuria, 28, recently called Makhachev, 33, a “hypocrite” for giving up the 155lb belt after taking issue with “El Matador”’s decision to relinquish the 145lb gold. And now, Makhachev ...

Ilia Topuria sounds off on Islam Makhachev, claiming he’s ready to win and telling the former champ to “get in line” for the belt. Skip to main content Skip to header right navigation ...

Islam Makhachev’s manager recently broke his silence in an interview with MMA Junkie, offering a rare window into the thinking behind the move to welterweight. ‘If he had to fight Ilia, no ...

Ex-UFC Star Believes Islam Makhachev Winning Welterweight Belt Would Heighten The Stakes For Ilia Topuria Fight. May 25, 2025, 10:56am EST By Pavan Sharma. Follow Us 77.

Maybe Islam does see "JDM" as the best route to conquer another weight class (although I’d advise everyone to sleep on Giacomo at your own risk), and the plan is the old one-and-done (a la ...

Islam Makhachev Calls for Jack Della Maddalena Fight at Madison Square Garden. While Makhachev has already vacated the lightweight title in anticipation of a move up to 170, so far there’s been ...

Islam Makhachev Moving Up To Welterweight In The Wake Of Belal’s Loss. It has already been confirmed by Dana White that Makhachev will fight JDM for the 170 lb title, likely sometime early in ...

Islam Makhachev vacated lightweight belt to move to welterweight. It was never the official guarantee, but it ended up happening that the result of Della Maddalena and Muhammad’s clash decided ...

Former UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev has the perfect battleground to begin his welterweight campaign. Makhachev, who vacated the 155-pound title in preparation to hunt welterweight ...

Topuria vacated the UFC’s 145lb title to challenge Makhachev at 155lb, only for the latter to relinquish his belt and move up to 170lb Islam Makhachev lashes out at Ilia Topuria: ‘Just a big ...