UFC welterweight stirs debate with bold claim, saying lightweight champ Islam Makhachev isn’t a “big threat” in the division.

Kamaru Usman is all for Islam Makhachev's move up to the UFC welterweight division. Makhachev (27-1 MMA, 16-1 UFC) vacated ...

Islam Makhachev could return to lightweight after his crack at welterweight gold, according to one of his unbeaten gymmates. Featherweight contender Movlid Khaybulaev takes on Tae Kyun Kim in the PFL ...

The Islam Makhachev next fight news should arrive in the next few months. Until then, we look at three potential opponents for his UFC return and recap his latest win at UFC 311. In January ...

After dominating most elite lightweight contenders, Islam Makhachev is now eyeing greater glory by moving up to the welterweight division. His decision follows Jack Della Maddalena’s ruthless ...

Lightweight champ Islam Makhachev met familiar foe Alexander Volkanovski ... this time when Ankalaev connected cleanly to Walker's jaw with his knee while the Brazilian's own knee was clearly ...

The UFC’s first Pay-Per-View event of 2025 boasted two championship fights at the top of the bill, although Islam Makhachev’s headlining title defense did experience a major weigh-in day ...

Islam Makhachev's ... Moicano's original opponent was fellow veteran Beneil Dariush, who's now out due to Moicano stepping up for the title fight. Makhachev is on a 14-fight winning streak and ...

UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev won’t invest his energy on Michael Chandler as a potential opponent. Chandler (23-8 MMA, 2-3 UFC) revealed that he was offered a title shot against ...

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 ...

Lightweight champion Islam Makhachev was the belt-holding incumbent ... grinding through adversity and blood and a particularly dogged opponent in Dustin Poirier on the way to a fifth-round ...