That had Makhachev contemplating jumping up to 185 pounds, which middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis cautioned him about . Strickland (29-6 MMA, 16-6 UFC) challenges Du Plessis (22-2 MMA, 8-0 UFC) ...

Belal Muhammad became the UFC welterweight champion with a unanimous decision win against Leon Edwards in July 2024. In December of the same year, Muhammad was scheduled to defend his world title for ...

Islam Makhachev has his sights set on a second ... The middleweight title will be contested on Feb. 8 when Dricus du Plessis and Sean Strickland clash in the main event of UFC 312.

Islam Makhachev is a UFC legend in the making – but welterweight champion Belal Muhamad has revealed he’d rather vacate his ...

Belal Muhammad praises Islam Makhachev while taking a subtle jab at the middleweight division, sparking debate among fans.

Superfights are often discussed in the MMA world, but speculation around the sport's next major matchups has grown in ...

Makhachev (27-1 MMA, 16-1 UFC), who has defended his lightweight title a division-record four times, said he won’t retire ...

With Islam Makhachev, things have been going quite ... As ‘Stillknocks’ prepares to defend his belt against Sean Strickland, he had some stern words for the lightweight king.

The middleweight champion hasn’t lost inside the octagon yet, and rematches Sean Strickland on Saturday ... which is a title Islam Makhachev currently holds as the officially ranked number ...

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 ...