The new UFC welterweight champion may always be Khabib Nurmagomedov’s student, but he is no longer second to Khabib.

In May, Makhachev relinquished his lightweight belt after announcing his bid to move up and become a two-division champion. A ...

Khabib Nurmagomedov was quick to praise his friend Islam Makhachev after the latter’s win at UFC 322. Makhachev produced an ...

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Topuria accused Makhachev of running from him by moving up to welterweight just as he made a divisional switch of his own. And ‘El Matador’ has not given up hope of sharing the cage with Makhachev, ...

Islam Makhachev, the former UFC lightweight champ, is looking beyond his welterweight title fight against Jack Della Maddalena. In an interview with Ushatayka, he expressed interest in a super ...