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Drew Dober is hoping to secure a lightweight title shot at some point, but he thinks there’s another top fighter in the division that poses the biggest challenge for Islam Makhachev. The UFC’s #10-ranked lightweight is coming off arguably the best year…
Drew Dober is hoping to secure a lightweight title shot at some point, but he thinks there’s another top fighter in the division that poses the biggest challenge for Islam Makhachev. The UFC’s #10-ranked lightweight is coming off arguably the best year of his career after he stopped all three opponents that he faced in…
Continue Reading Drew Dober Names LW That Will Give Islam Makhachev “The Biggest Problems” at MMA News.
Yair Rodriguez is riding high after capturing the UFC interim featherweight championship at UFC 284. With reigning 145-pound champion Alexander Volkanovski moving up to challenge Islam Makhachev for the lightweight title, the UFC established an interim championship which was won by Rodriguez following a second-round submission of Josh Emmett earlier this month. The next task […]
Yair Rodriguez is riding high after capturing the UFC interim featherweight championship at UFC 284.
With reigning 145-pound champion Alexander Volkanovski moving up to challenge Islam Makhachev for the lightweight title, the UFC established an interim championship which was won by Rodriguez following a second-round submission of Josh Emmett earlier this month. The next task for Rodriguez is unifying the titles in a showdown with Volkanovski who was expected to return to the featherweight division after coming up short in his bid to become a two-division titleholder. However, that may not be the case.
If things go Alexander Volkanovski’s way, he’ll get another crack at Islam Makhachev after the pair delivered a highly entertaining and closely contested 25-minute war in the UFC 284 main event. Should the UFC decide to run back the battle of the top two pound-for-pound fighters in the world, Yair Rodriguez will gladly take the undisputed crown and defend it himself.
A historic night for Yair Rodriguez
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Appearing on The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani, Yair Rodriguez revealed that he has not heard anything from the UFC matchmakers as of yet, but if Alexander Volkanovski isn’t going to return to featherweight, he’ll move on to fighting someone else for 145-pound supremacy.
“Nothing,” Rodriguez said when asked if he had heard anything from the UFC. “I think it’s just too soon to hear something like that. But whatever, at the end of the day, if he decides not to defend the title, that would make me the undisputed champion. Why? Because I’m going to defend the belt against somebody else, and what’s going to happen? I’m going to be the undisputed champion.
“If he decides to come and fight at 145 pounds again, then whoever wins that fight will be the undisputed. So regardless of the situation, it’s one of those situations that are, like, you have to fight again. That’s why I didn’t want to take the Josh Emmett fight, because he’s a beast. You need to be really smart in this game because everybody’s tough in this game, everybody’s tough. … Now, if Alexander Volkanovski decides not to go down to 145 pounds, then I have to fight again to get the undisputed belt.”
Alexander Volkanovski and Islam Makhachev delivered a Fight of the Year contender that undeniably left fans wanting more, and many of them crying foul, believing ‘The Great’ did more than enough to deliver an upset and snatch the 155-pound title. Verdict, the popular fan-scoring app, also confirmed that fans around the world had Volkanovski winning the bout by a fair margin. Longtime UFC commentator Joe Rogan agreed, publicly stating that he saw it in favor of Volkanovski.
With fans and fighters seemingly split down the middle, a rematch between the two pound-for-pound titans would be an easy sell for the UFC. Unfortunately, doing so will leave some high-ranking lightweights along with Yair Rodriguez waiting for their time in the main event spotlight.
Former UFC Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight Champion Daniel Cormier does not want to see an immediate rematch between Islam Makhachev and Alexander Volkanovski. UFC 284 saw the highly anticipated showdown between Lightweight Champion Makhachev and Fea…
Former UFC Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight Champion Daniel Cormier does not want to see an immediate rematch between Islam Makhachev and Alexander Volkanovski. UFC 284 saw the highly anticipated showdown between Lightweight Champion Makhachev and Featherweight Champion Volkanovski live up to the hype. The pair duked it out for five rounds before Makhachev was declared…
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Former interim UFC lightweight champion, Dustin Poirier is campaigning for a third tilt at undisputed division spoils, offering to share the Octagon with champion, Islam Makhachev next. Poirier, the current #2 ranked lightweight contender, most recently returned to the winner’s enclosure in November of last yeat at Madison Square Garden – submitting Michael Chandler with […]
Former interim UFC lightweight champion, Dustin Poirier is campaigning for a third tilt at undisputed division spoils, offering to share the Octagon with champion, Islam Makhachev next.
Poirier, the current #2 ranked lightweight contender, most recently returned to the winner’s enclosure in November of last yeat at Madison Square Garden – submitting Michael Chandler with a third round rear-naked choke submission.
The Lafayette native had headlined UFC 269 back in December of the prior year against then-undisputed champion, Charles Oliveira, himself suffering a third round standing rear-naked choke to the Brazilian.
Clinching interim lightweight spoils back in April 2019, Poirier landed a unanimous decision win over Hawaii fan-favorite and former featherweight champion, Max Holloway in the striking pair’s title rematch.
En route to his title affair with Oliveira two years ago, the American Top Team staple recorded back-to-back victories over former duel-weight champion, Conor McGregor to boot.
Yet to book his Octagon return since his submission of Chandler in November, Poirier appears to see an opening for a shot at lightweight spoils against Makhachev next – offering to fight the Russian off the back off his UFC 284 title retention.
“What’s up?” Dustin Poirier tweeted in reply to Islam Makhachev who himself tweeted “Who is next?”
Headlining UFC 284 earlier this month in Perth, Australia – Makhachev landed the first defense of his lightweight crown with a close, back-and-forth unanimous decision win over undisputed featherweight champion, Alexander Volkanovski.
Previously fighting Makhachev’s teammate turned coach, Khabib Nurmagomedov back in September 2019 in Abu Dhabi, UAE – Poirier dropped a second round rear-naked choke submission loss in the pair’s championship unification matchup.
His UFC 281 victory against Chandler at Madison Square Garden managed to propel Poirier’s professional record to 29-7(1).
Teddy Atlas wonders if a difficult weight cut may have affected Islam Makhachev’s cardio at UFC 284 and put the lightweight champion at a disadvantage. Makhachev claimed the UFC’s lightweight belt at UFC 280 when he dropped Charles Oliveira and finishe…
Teddy Atlas wonders if a difficult weight cut may have affected Islam Makhachev’s cardio at UFC 284 and put the lightweight champion at a disadvantage. Makhachev claimed the UFC’s lightweight belt at UFC 280 when he dropped Charles Oliveira and finished him with an arm triangle in the second round. That result was the Russian’s…
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Off the back of his close, unanimous decision victory over undisputed featherweight champion, Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 284 earlier this month, lightweight kingpin, Islam Makhachev has sights on a move to another division – eyeing a second title victory under the banner of the organization. Makhachev, the current undisputed lightweight champion, headlined UFC 284 earlier […]
Off the back of his close, unanimous decision victory over undisputed featherweight champion, Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 284 earlier this month, lightweight kingpin, Islam Makhachev has sights on a move to another division – eyeing a second title victory under the banner of the organization.
Makhachev, the current undisputed lightweight champion, headlined UFC 284 earlier this month in Perth, Australia against featherweight titleholder, Volkanovski, landing a competitive unanimous decision win.
The victory came as Makhachev’s twelfth consecutively at the lightweight limit since a KO loss to Adriano Martins, having previously clinched the vacant lightweight crown with an October submission win over Charles Oliveira at UFC 280.
Weighing up a potential immediate title rematch against New South Wales technician, Volkanovski off the back of his judging win ‘Down Under’, Islam Makhachev also discussed potentially making a division leap in pursuit of a second UFC championship belt.
“I want to test myself at another weight class, because becoming a double champion will go down in history,” Islam Makhachev told Match TV during a recent interview. “I am 100% down for it.”
If Makhachev plots a welterweight division move in pursuit of a second Octagon crown, the American Kickboxing Academy staple would be tasked with toppling either current undisputed titleholder, Leon Edwards, or former champion, Kamaru Usman – whom he is a stablemate with under the Dominance MMA banner, with the pair slated to headline UFC 286 next month.
Earlier this week, Makhachev also took to his official social media in a bid to weigh up his next Octagon walk – with the aforenoted featherweight kingpin, Volkanovski urging him to sign up for an immediate rematch in order to provide fans and spectators another spectacle.
In the immediate aftermath of UFC 284 at the RAC Arena, Volkanovski and Makhachev both appeared to welcome the opportunity to share the Octagon with each other again – with the former offering to travel to Abu Dhabi, UAE this time around in pursuit of gold.
