The Dagestani with his Russian sambo background doesn’t necessarily respect BJJ experts. A few years ago, Makhachev went viral for his comments on UFC fighters having fake BJJ black belts.

UFC men's flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja ... He’s killed the division, but I don’t think Merab is where his double belt lies.” Dvalishvili would seemingly be a terrible matchup for ...

Standing in Makhachev’s way of winning a second UFC title is welterweight champion Belal Muhammad, who has trained with ...

26-1 as a pro, Islam Makhachev has a lot of tread left in his tires at 33 years old, the UFC's #1 pound-for-pound fighter looking to lock in his fourth title defense and quite possibly a welterweight ...

This is evidenced by his hilarious encounter with a UFC employee holding a PR championship belt behind the scenes at the UFC 311 fight week. In a video on January 16, Nurmagomedov jokingly pressed ...