Islam Makhachev has named and shamed the fighters whom he believes rejected a short notice fight at UFC Vegas 49 after top-three lightweight Beneil Dariush pulled out of their 155-pound matchup due to injury.
Makhachev, 30, put top lightweights Michael Chandler, Tony Ferguson, and Rafael dos Anjos on blast for allegedly turning down the fight and says UFC veteran Bobby Green only accepted the bout because he’s short on money.
“When [Manager Ali Abdelaziz] say Beneil have injury, I tell him, ‘Hey, we have [Rafael dos Anjos]. He’s supposed to fight with [Rafael Fiziev], but [Fiziev] have some problem with visa.