Topuria is widely viewed as next-in-line for a shot at 155-pound gold, but most of Team Makhachev is resistant to that idea, including Nurmagomedov ... losing his belt. “Khabib knows I ...

Khabib Nurmagomedov has cleared up the situation atop the lightweight division, insisting that Islam Makhachev will not move up to challenge Belal Muhammad for the welterweight belt. In February ...