Sonnen, who was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame's Fight Wing for his war with Anderson Silva at UFC 117, was among the vocal parties who believed Makhachev had more to do in the lightweight ...

Islam Makhachev's weight division change faces criticism. Chael Sonnen questions Makhachev's courage. Daniel Cormier defends ...

Islam Makhachev is eyeing a new challenge—and a second belt. The reigning lightweight king has set his sights on welterweight gold in a bid to join the ...

Three-time UFC title challenger Chael Sonnen recently said Makhachev’s move up to welterweight wasn’t a sign of courage but instead a ‘sign of cowardice’ for not fighting former featherweight champion ...

Joaquin Buckley warns Islam Makhachev of his move to the UFC's welterweight division. UFC CEO Dana White confirmed that, upon ...

One lightweight contender likes his chances against Islam Makhachev—even without a training camp for the UFC champ. Beneil Dariush has been in the UFC lightweight rankings for almost a decade ...

Every one of them comes with marketing upside. Even though Garry took Shavkat to the scorecards, Rakhmonov still feels like ...

After Islam Makhachev made the decision to move up ... Ilia Topuria, accused the 4 x UFC Lightweight Champion of intentionally dodging him. On June 28, another dream will come true.

Ilia Topuria is already looking past Charles Oliveira to a potential lightweight showdown with Islam Makhachev. Topuria is set to face Oliveira for Makhachev's vacated lightweight belt at UFC 317.

UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev appears closer to a title fight than not. According to Eurosport, Makhachev is in camp preparing fight against an unnamed opponent. I can confirm that ...