Islam Makhachev doesn't see much to gain from fighting fellow UFC champion Ilia Topuria. Featherweight champ Topuria (16-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) and his head coach expressed interest in moving up a weight ...

And Colby Covington is a master at it. He recently took aim at Islam Makhachev and his mentor Khabib Nurmagomedov, accusing them of being “weight bullies” who manipulate their weight cuts to ...

Nate Diaz and UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev got into a scuffle backstage after the UFC 311 press conference in Las Vegas. Nate Diaz is known to ruffle many feathers and incite chaos in ...

Reigning UFC Lightweight Champion Islam Makhachev has made it clear: his focus is firmly on defending his title and pursuing new challenges within his division. As he prepares to face Arman ...

Lightweight champion Islam Makhachev will go for his fourth consecutive title defense against a familiar foe when he rematches Arman Tsarukyan in the UFC 311 main event. Makhachev (26-1 MMA ...

If Islam Makhachev is to cement his legacy as the greatest UFC lightweight in history, he'd at least like to do it by fighting lightweights. The UFC double champion hype might have run its course ...

However, his remarks didn’t sit well with Islam Makhachev and Umar Nurmagomedov, prompting Makhachev to fire back with a sharp response. Dvalishvili is set to defend his bantamweight title ...

UFC 311 will have quite the headline event. UFC president Dana White revealed Wednesday that Islam Makhachev will fight Arman Tsarukyan in the main event of the UFC 311 card on Jan. 18.

Islam Makhachev will look to defend his belt and teammate Umar Nurmagomedov will challenge for a world title in the first UFC pay-per-view card of 2025. Makhachev, the UFC's No. 1 pound-for-pound ...

Colby Covington finally returns to action later this month to take on Joaquin Buckley in the UFC Tampa main event and he has been bizarrely targeted by lightweight champion, Islam Makhachev.