UFC welterweight champion Makhachev is on a 16-fight winning streak and has just one career loss – a knockout to Adriano ...

If it's up to Usman Nurmagomedov, he'd book his cousin Islam Makhachev vs. Kamaru Usman next for the UFC welterweight title.

UFC welterweight champion Islam Makhachev is not looking back at lightweight. Makhachev (28-1 MMA, 17-1 UFC) dominated Jack Della Maddalena to claim the 170-pound title at UFC 322, a move he admits ...

Khabib Nurmagomedov is Islam’s mentor. Having proved his worth in the world of MMA, Khabib passed on the torch to Islam. The ...

“The organization may not like it, but they make more and more fights that I don’t understand,” Makhachev said (Russian ...

NEW YORK – It looks like the Islam Makhachev era is upon the UFC welterweight division. Makhachev (28-1 MMA, 17-1 UFC), former champion at 155 pounds, won the welterweight belt in his divisional debut ...

Former UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev captured the welterweight title by dominating Jack Della Maddalena atop the UFC 322 pay-per-view (PPV) event last Sat. night (Nov. 15, 2025) at Madison ...

Islam Makhachev reveals Khabib Nurmagomedov’s key team decision after UFC 311 to avoid multiple major fights on one event.

MMA Junkie has live coverage of UFC 322 with round-by-round analysis of every fight. Islam Makhachev is the latest to join the UFC's two-division champion club. Jack Della Maddalena had no answers for ...