In the pursuit of UFC history, not everyone is applauding from the sidelines. Islam Makhachev is officially moving up to welterweight in a bid to become a two-division champion. But while the idea ...

Islam Makhachev is eyeing a new challenge—and a second belt. The reigning lightweight king has set his sights on welterweight gold in a bid to join the exclusive double champ club. While many ...

Poirier (30-9) submitted to Islam Makhachev last June, while the 33-year-old Holloway (26-8) lost in knockout fashion to Ilia Topuria in October. "For Dustin Poirier to be able to finish his ...

Poirier (30-9) submitted to Islam Makhachev last June, while the 33-year-old Holloway (26-8) lost in knockout fashion to Ilia Topuria in October. “For Dustin Poirier to be able to finish his ...

Dustin Poirier will make his final walk to the Octagon ... Both fighters are coming off losses in title fights, with Poirier (30-9) submitting to Islam Makhachev last June and Holloway (26-8) losing ...

When Ilia Topuria vacated the featherweight title and announced plans to make a permanent switch to lightweight, a matchup with Islam Makhachev ... saw his teammate Dustin Poirier submitted ...

UFC 318 is taking shape, with a promising lineup of fights headlined by a BMF trilogy between Max Holloway and Dustin Poirier ... Topuria, and Islam Makhachev submitted Poirier.

Despite being one of the most dominant wrestlers and grapplers the UFC has ever seen, Islam Makhachev has been ... struggled a little to take down Dustin Poirier,” Cormier began to explain ...

Paddy Pimblett criticizes the UFC for stripping Islam Makhachev but not Jon Jones ... defeating top contenders like Dustin Poirier, Alexander Volkanovski (twice), and Renato Moicano.

He will put his BMF crown on the line in a trilogy against Dustin Poirier at UFC 318 ... he has yet to face reigning champion Islam Makhachev. Poirier went down with guns blazing before falling ...