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 had vacated his long ...

wasn’t the first time Islam Makhachev experienced baseball. Well, as long as “baseball” can mean a version of the game played a bit differently by a bunch of youngsters in Dagestan.

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 ...

Official result: Islam Makhachev (c) def. Renato Moicano via first-round submission (D'arce choke) to retain the UFC lightweight championship. The fighters feel each other in the first 30 seconds ...

Islam Makhachev has long been living in the shadow of Khabib Nurmagomedov, but after Saturday's UFC 302 card in Newark, he may have actually surpassed his long-time friend and mentor. Makhachev ...