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Islam Makhachev backed for middleweight success by 15-0 Shara Magomedov

UFC lightweight champion has been backed for future middleweight success by Shara Magomedov.

As we know, is the pound-for-pound #1 fighter in the Ultimate Fighting Championship – and perhaps in all of mixed martial arts. He’s already accomplished a great deal in the sport and specifically in the UFC, but of course, he’s hungry for more.

While welterweight is always a possibility, the fact that Belal Muhammad, a close friend and training partner of Islam Makhachev, is champion, makes it difficult. So, the man himself recently suggested that he could venture up to 185 pounds.