Don’t spar with Islam Makhachev.
That’s the narrative surrounding a current clip shared by Red Corner MMA on X. Within the video, which you’ll see beneath, the previous UFC light-weight world champion was seeing folding one in all his coaching companions with a straight left to the photo voltaic plexus.
“The person got here to the coaching camp unprepared and is now struggling,” Makhachev wrote on his Instagram tales.
Islam Makhachev’s return to the Octagon rumored for November
Earlier this 12 months, Makhachev vacated his lightweight title to move up to welterweight, the place he’s anticipated to problem newly minted 170-pound king, Jack Della Maddalena. No official bulletins have been made, although Makhachev’s mentor, Khabib Nurmagomedov, means that their anticipated title tilt will headline the UFC’s annual pit cease at Madison Sq. Backyard in November.
General, the ‘Dagestani Destroyer’ is a powerful 16-1 contained in the Octagon, together with highlight-reel finishes in opposition to Charles Oliveira, Alexander Volkanovski, Dustin Poirier, and Renato Moicano.
With a resume like that, it ought to come as no shock that Makhachev is already trending as a 2-to-1 favourite to defeat Maddalena and be a part of the very quick record of two-division UFC champions.
