One lightweight contender likes his chances against Islam Makhachev—even without a training camp for the UFC champ.

Islam Makhachev has officially vacated his UFC lightweight title to pursue history as a two-division champion. The reigning pound-for-pound king is set to challenge newly crowned welterweight champion ...

Beneil Dariush claimed Islam Makhachev to be an easy opponent, expressing confidence in his abilities to prevail over the former lightweight champion.

Jack Della Maddalena capped off his unbeaten run in the UFC Octagon with an astounding performance against Belal Muhammad at UFC 315. In a ‘Fight of the Year’ candidate, Maddalena outpointed Muhammad ...

The first pay-per-view of the year, January’s UFC 311, was due to see Islam Makhachev defend the lightweight belt against ...

UFC lightweight contender Paddy Pimblett makes an interesting argument about Jon Jones and the heavyweight championship.

Tsarukyan (23-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) was left out of the UFC lightweight title picture after withdrawing from his fight against ...

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After four-straight wins at lightweight, Tsarukyan was offered a title rematch with Makhachev at UFC 302, the same night he beat Oliveira at UFC 300. He declined as the fight was on six weeks’ notice ...

Ilia Topuria believes Islam Makhachev is a ‘coward’ for vacating his title and moving up a division. UFC CEO Dana White ...

Things were shaken up in the lightweight division earlier this week as Makhachev relinquished his belt for welterweight gold ...

If Ilia Topuria and Islam Makhachev continue their back-and-forth in the wake of Topuria's move to lightweight to chase ...