Islam Makhachev will soon be relieved of his UFC lightweight title as he moves up in pursuit of welterweight gold.

Islam Makhachev and Merab Dvalishvili are receiving that champion treatment. The revealed custom shorts that the UFC champions will wear for their upcoming title defenses this Saturday at UFC 311 ...

Islam Makhachev def. Renato Moicano via submission (D'Arce choke) – Round 1, 4:05 – for lightweight title Merab Dvalishvili def. Umar Nurmagomedov (48-47, 48-47, 49-46) – for bantamweight ...

Islam Makhachev secures a submission against Renato Moicano in their UFC lightweight championship fight during UFC 311 at Intuit Dome. Zuffa LLC Merab Dvalishvili, the champ at 135 pounds who ...

Islam Makhachev has responded to one popular UFC analyst's claims that he ducked a lightweight title defense against Ilia ...

Lightweight champ Islam Makhachev, who is considered the ... No, that distinction will most likely go to bantamweight champ Merab Dvalishvili. Georgia's Dvalishvili returned to action in the ...

Islam Makhachev and Jiri Prochazka were among the four main card acts to score stoppages. Even the one fight that went the distance was memorable as Merab Dvalishvili showed inspiring will against ...

2025 Merab Dvalishvili wants Islam Makhachev to live up to his own standards. Dvalishvili was initially loathe to make his first bantamweight title defense against Makhachev’s cousin ...

Makhachev was expecting to face Arman Tsarukyan ... Umar, one of Khabib’s cousins, was challenging Merab Dvalishvili for his bantamweight title and came up short in a scintillating five-round ...

How concerned should we be about Merab Dvalishvili’s toe injury ahead of UFC 316? What upcoming fight should we protect at ...