Check out the best photos from Islam Makhachev's first-round submission win over Renato Moicano at UFC 311 at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif. (Fight and venue photos by Gary A. Vasquez, USA Today Spo ...

Tom Aspinall is surprised to see Dana White now call Islam Makhachev pound-for-pound No. 1 after UFC 311. Lightweight champion Makhachev (27-1 MMA, 16-1 UFC) accepted a 24 hour opponent change, ...

That had Makhachev contemplating jumping up to 185 pounds, which middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis cautioned him about ...

After Islam Makhachev called out Dricus Du Plessis, the middleweight champion has slammed the Russian by labelling him as ...

Islam Makhachev will defend his lightweight strap for a fourth time in 2025 [Image courtesy: Getty Images] Islam Makhachev ... champion's toughest opponent. "It’s funny because I always think ...

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

Former UFC welterweight champ Kamaru Usman thinks a matchup between Belal Muhammad and Islam Makhachev makes sense. Muhammad, a friend of Makhachev's, strongly disagrees.

Islam Makhachev wants to move up to face Dricus Du Plessis. More Harry How/Getty Images Though Moicano could have shocked the world, he was dispatched in the first round by a Darce Choke submission.

Islam Makhachev," Aspinall said on his YouTube channel. "As we all know, to me, pound-for-pound is a lot of made-up stuff. I don't look into that. But it's just funny that he's kind of jumped ship ...