However, his winning streak is really 15 in a row because of a February 2022 catchweight win over Bobby Green at 160 pounds. That means Makhachev ... make the 155-pound weight limit.

Based in Rochester, England, Simon Head is a veteran sports editor who has been covering sport for national and international outlets since 2000, and is one of the longest-tenured MMA journalists ...

Sean Strickland believes Islam Makhachev is too small for middleweight and has warned him against moving up the division in ...

The old guys – I believe this is one of the hardest weight classes not just in the UFC, but all of the sport. I need some new target. Islam Makhachev via UFC 311 Media day Makhachev’s ...

Renato Moicano made championship weight and he was ready to step in after winning four straight leading up to tonight. He had a tall order in the form of the champion. Islam Makhachev was looking ...

Topuria had long expressed his wishes about moving up in weight and fighting for a second title. However, after Makhachev’s victory over Renato Moicano, things got quite serious. Topuria took to ...

Former fighter-turned-analyst Chael Sonnen thinks the UFC has a big decision to make regarding lightweight kingpin Islam ...

We’re going to make more money and our weight class is going to be famous,” Tsarukyan told MMAJunkie. If the 28-year-old is able to dethrone Makhachev at UFC 311, he could find himself sharing ...

Renato Moicano’s UFC 311 adventure did not unfold how he expected it would. The popular lightweight opened up about the dramatic 36-hour ordeal in a video posted to his “Money Moicano” YouTube channel ...

Lightweight top contender Arman Tsarukyan, one-half of Saturday's UFC 311 main event, has been forced to withdraw from his title rematch against UFC champion Islam Makhachev, UFC CEO Dana White ...

UFC CEO Dana White said neither Moicano nor Makhachev flinched at the prospect of accepting a new opponent on just a day's notice. "[Moicano] weighed in on championship weight to be prepared as ...