Islam Makhachev Dominated On His Way Up The Lightweight Ladder Before Capturing The Title. Check Out Some Of His Best Work To Date
It’s one thing for a promising fighter to run through their competition early in their UFC career. It’s another for their best to come out when they face the best, which is what Islam Makhachev has done in the last few years. The long-praised lightweight struggled to get the right fights to prove himself a championship-caliber fighter, but once the opportunities came, he passed with flying colors.
Now the lightweight champ with a pair of title defenses under his belt, Makhachev is looking at a potential third successful defense when he faces Dustin Poirier at UFC 302, which would tie him with his friend and mentor Khabib Nurmagomedov.