Makhachev, a teammate and protege of former 155-pound king Khabib Nurmagomedov, broke the record for lightweight title defenses with the win and extended his win streak to 15, which is one shy of ...

The Russian is a mentee and childhood friend of Khabib, who also reigned as UFC lightweight champion before retiring in 2020.

In an interview with Adam Zubayraev, Makhachev's mentor and friend, MMA legend Khabib Nurmagomedov, provided some insight, saying (0:35): "I don't know what kind of agreements [Ilia] Topuria and ...

Alexander Volkanovski lived up to his billing as the UFC 314 headliner over the weekend, beating Diego Lopes to regain the featherweight belt he once wore through five successful title defenses.

Khabib Nurmagomedov has cleared up the situation atop the lightweight division, insisting that Islam Makhachev will not move up to challenge Belal Muhammad for the welterweight belt. In February ...

Dvalishvili then made it 12 in a row with his first title defence: a five-round thriller in which he outpointed Umar Nurmagomedov, handing Khabib’s cousin his first pro loss. In that bout ...

Whatever, I don’t know, D’Arce choke. I’m going to submit you with that.” He didn’t stop at Makhachev. “I take him close to Khabib. I will submit him closer to Khabib. Khabib used to take people on ...

But, Ilia Topuria says he will submit Islam Makhachev with Makahchev’s favorite submission in front of Khabib Nurmagomeodv while he’s talking to the former champ. “You ask me, I feel that I have the ...