Islam Makhachev scored one of the biggest statement wins in recent MMA history at UFC 280, submitting Charles Oliveira in the second round to claim the vacant lightweight championship. Makhachev ...

Makhachev dominated Oliveira from start to finish and ended the fight at 3:16 of the second round with an arm triangle. Oliveira, the former champion who was stripped of the belt at UFC 273 for ...

In seconds, Makhachev passed Oliveira's guard and secured a tight arm-triangle choke and ended the fight quickly. This set him on his current path of becoming potentially the greatest ever.

Makhachev decked the Brazilian with a right hook in the second round, pursued him to the canvas and locked in the arm-triangle. He then cleared Oliveira’s legs, tightened his crushing squeeze ...

Makhachev (23-1) seized the UFC's 155-pound championship by submitting Charles Oliveira (33-9) at UFC 280 inside Etihad Arena. The finish came at 3:16 of the second round, via arm triangle choke.

Top-ranked lightweight Arman Tsarukyan was aiming to challenge for UFC gold after beating Charles Oliveira in April 2024, but being forced off a title clash with then-champion Islam Makhachev in ...

Russian Makhachev, 31, finished Brazil's former champion Oliveira with an arm triangle in the second round after dominating throughout. In winning the title, Makhachev follows the achievement of ...

Islam Makhachev is the new UFC lightweight champion with a second-round submission win over Charles Oliveira in the main event of UFC 280 from Abu Dhabi. Makhachev showed from the outset that he's ...

The 31-year-old Russian won his 11th straight fight with an arm triangle choke ... I did it,” said Makhachev, who is coached by Khabib Nurmagomedov, a former champion. Oliveira was aiming ...