Shara Magomedov (left) believes Islam Makhachev (right ... the Dagestani star is no normal lightweight. "I thought, I mean, Islam is an amazing f***ing fighter, grappler, everything.

Islam Makhachev continues to get compared to his head coach and longtime friend, Khabib Nurmagomedov. Following his recent win over Renato Moicano at UFC 311, Islam Makhachev broke the record for ...

Following his recent record-breaking lightweight title defense, Islam Makhachev surprisingly turned his attention to middleweight king, Dricus Du Plessis. After recently defending his lightweight ...

Sean Strickland's reaction to Islam Makhachev considering middleweight was surprising. UFC lightweight champion Makhachev (27-1 MMA, 16-1 UFC) insists on fulfilling his goal of becoming dual ...

Islam Makhachev has a huge online fanbase and recently overtook the UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones in following. Makhachev now has a whopping 9.6 million followers on Instagram, which is 100K ...

Dana White is not quite interested in Islam Makhachev moving up to the middleweight division. With Islam Makhachev, things have been going quite rosy in the recent past. Ever since submitting ...

Rising middleweight Shara Magomedov, though, thinks Makhachev (27-1 MMA, 16-1 UFC) can get it done and likes his chances against Du Plessis (22-2 MMA, 8-0 UFC).

When Islam Makhachev retained his lightweight title in dominant fashion in January, UFC president Dana White declared him the number one pound-for-pound fighter in the organisation. The 33-year ...

MMA fans recently voiced their thoughts after learning that the UFC is planning a big fight for Islam Makhachev. Most of them opined that it probably wouldn't be against someone in Makhachev's ...