Khamzat Chimaev is not quite sure about Islam Makhachev’s jump to the middleweight ... claims of the Dagestani surpassing his mentor, Khabib Nurmagomedov, gained pace. However, unlike Khabib ...

Makhachev snapped his longtime friend and mentor Khabib Nurmagomedov ‘s lightweight title defense record with his win over Moicano. Nurmagomedov, a UFC Hall of Famer, never fought for a second ...

Khamzat Chimaev ... an answer about Islam now. I haven't trained with him. Maybe, it's possible, maybe not. If anyone could move up [and compete] at 170 or 185, it would be Khabib [Nurmagomedov]." ...

"All he had to do was do what the others do. Do what the myth that Khabib built and created, and that Islam and guys like Khamzat [Chimaev] were able to carry on. All he had to do was get on the ...

Do what the myth that Khabib built and created, and that Islam and guys like Khamzat [Chimaev] were able ... and so we were on the bus together as guest fighters. I had my wife there, my daughter ...

Sean Strickland (left) will have his hands full if he and Khamzat Chimaev (right ... would beat Strickland more dominantly than the great Khabib Nurmagomedov did when he defeated Conor McGregor.

Do what the myth that Khabib built and created, and that Islam and guys like Khamzat [Chimaev] were able to carry on ... and so we were on the bus together as guest fighters. I had my wife there, my ...

Khamzat Chimaev, a dominant force at middleweight, isn’t sold on the idea of Islam Makhachev making a ... it would be Makhachev’s mentor, Khabib Nurmagomedov. “If anyone could move up ...

ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - OCTOBER 22: Khabib Nurmagomedov reacts after his teammate Islam ... most recently dropping a decision to Khamzat Chimaev at middleweight at UFC 294 ...