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 ...

Islam Makhachev turned professional back in 2010 with a debut ... before then backing the Tsarukyan win up by beating Davi Ramos, Drew Dober, Thiago Moisés and Dan Hooker. Of these four fights, the ...

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 ...

There’s no doubt that the claims of Islam Makhachev being a better version of Khabib Nurmagomedov hold weight. His impressive winning streak and ability to dominate anyone who steps in his path ...

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UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev made easy work of late-replacement opponent Renato Moicano, scoring a submission win via d’arce choke with 55 seconds left in the first round Saturday ...

UFC 311 has a new matchup headlining tonight's main event, with Renato Moicano stepping in to challenge Islam Makhachev ... Turner and Drew Dober. That's a bad sign against Makhachev, who has ...

UFC 311 was originally supposed to be headlined by a highly-anticipated rematch between Makhachev and Arman Tsarukyan, but on weigh-in day the UFC announced that the #1-ranked lightweight ...

Khamzat Chimaev questioned if Islam Makhachev could become the UFC middleweight champion. In October 2022, Makhachev became the UFC lightweight champion with a second-round submission against ...

Islam Makhachev’s UFC 311 title defense was expected to be one of the most difficult ones. Scheduled to face Arman Tsarukyan, the champion had a lot of predictions coming in favoring his loss.

In a dramatic turn of events, Arman Tsarukyan was ruled out of the lightweight title fight against Islam Makhachev ahead of the UFC 311 ... he secured a unanimous decision victory over Drew Dober and ...