Ilia Topuria and Islam Makhachev have been in super fight talks lately, though another lightweight has decided to call Ilia ...

Dana White isn't sure about UFC lightweight champion Islam ... Makhachev about middleweight move Dricus Du Plessis warns Islam Makhachev against middleweight move: 'He's dreaming real big.

Islam Makhachev ... recently shut down Makhachev’s claim and warned that he would overpower and dominate with ease. According to the South African, he’s a big middleweight and will have ...

At least an extra 20 pounds. Islam Makhachev weighed 178 pounds the night of his UFC 311 victory Saturday — one day after registering at 154.5 pounds — when he submitted Renato Moicano in the ...

Manager Ali Abdelaziz recently hinted at Islam Makhachev’s future plans. Advertisement According to Abdelaziz, the UFC’s immediate plans for Makhachev don’t include Arman Tsarukyan ...

Maybe the winner of that, but I believe at this moment in time that Islam Makhachev deserves something bigger, something more showstopping." If the best available lightweight option isn't big ...

Heading into Saturday’s UFC 311 fight card, UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev was tied with three other fighters for the most title defenses in UFC lightweight history. Less than five ...

The UFC’s first Pay-Per-View event of 2025 boasted two championship fights at the top of the bill, although Islam Makhachev’s headlining title defense did experience a major weigh-in day ...

2016. Jan 18, 2025; Inglewood, California, USA; Islam Makhachev (red gloves) fights Renato Moicano (blue gloves) in a lightweight title fight during UFC 311 at Intuit Dome. / Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn ...

Inglewood: Lightweight champion Islam Makhachev submitted 10th-ranked Renato Moicano at 4:05 of the first round Saturday night at UFC 311 for his 15th straight victory. It didn’t take long for ...

INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- Islam Makhachev retained his lightweight title with a first-round submission against Renato Moicano on Saturday night in the main event of UFC 311 at the Intuit Dome.

INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 18: Islam Makhachev of Russia reacts ... the first round by a Darce Choke submission. Makhachev caught an early big shot but immediately shot after and took Moicano ...