Bryce Mitchell (left) once described the first fight between Islam Makhachev (far right) and Alexander Volkanovski (center right) as a robbery. [Images courtesy: @UFC_CA and @ufc via X/Twitter ...

Islam Makhachev has been rumored to cut an enormous amount of weight to make the 155-pound lightweight championship limit. His coaches and training partners have boasted about the size and ...

In an interview with Submission Radio, Mendez revealed it wasn’t Makhachev’s brutal five-rounder with Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 284 that was his hardest fight, but Dustin Poirier at UFC 302.

Makhachev has ended up going the distance just once in the past 8 fights, with 5 submission wins and 2 victories via KO/TKO. The only guy to take him the distance was Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 284 ...

and Alexander Volkanovski pushed Makhachev to the brink in their title fight at UFC 284. But neither were Mendez’s pick. Instead, Mendez pointed to Makhachev’s most recent title defense – a ...

Makhachev was originally scheduled to defend ... against then-featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski twice, at UFC 284 and UFC 294, and Dustin Poirier at UFC 302. Moicano, meanwhile, was ...

In his first title defense, Makhachev defeated UFC featherweight champ Alexander Volkanovski in a hard-fought five-round scrap at UFC 284 in Perth, Australia. Makhachev won that contest by ...

The pair of MMA legends put on a fight for the ages on February 12, 2023, at UFC 284 inside the RAC Arena in Perth, Australia. Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images Islam Makhachev says he didn’t have ...

Volkanovski fought Makhachev twice in title fights – losing a razor-thin decision at UFC 284, then getting stopped in a short-notice rematch at UFC 294. The former UFC featherweight champion ...

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