With Jack Della Maddalena defeating Belal Muhammad, Islam Makhachev got the green light to move up to the next level. Vacating his title at lightweight, Makhachev will now be pursuing a dream that ...

The heated rivalry between Islam Makhachev and Ilia Topuria isn’t showing any signs of slowing down. Instead, it’s increasing the personal rivalry day by day. Topuria’s ultimate dream was to ...

Still, Topuria continued trash-talking and labeled Makhachev a coward, which only escalated tensions and made the rivalry nastier.If the Georgian-Spanish star claims the lightweight belt at UFC ...

Coach Javier Mendez thinks one of his fighters is runner-up to UFC champ Islam Makhachev. The legendary MMA coach has mentored his fair share of world champions such as the 29-0 Khabib ...

Islam Makhachev has always done a fine job of emulating Khabib Nurmagomedov. Both fighters were forged in Dagestan, made it to the UFC, won the lightweight title, became pound-for-pound No 1 ...

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 the ...

Ilia Topuria has fired shots at Islam Makhachev following confirmation of his next fight. Topuria will fight Charles Oliveira for the lightweight belt at UFC 317. Makhachev has vacated the ...

With Islam Makhachev vacating the belt and moving up to welterweight, the spotlight now shifts to a fresh championship clash. Today, new comments from Makhachev’s manager have offered insight ...

A lot hinged on the result of the title tilt, ranging from general contention within the welterweight division to the next move of pound-for-pound king Islam Makhachev. The latter made his voice ...