President of the M‑1 Globale promotion Vadim Finkelshtein told that the current UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhacheva can be compared in greatness to the former title holder Khabib Nurmagomedov .
Makhachev defended his UFC lightweight title for the third time at UFC 302, defeating Dustin Poirier by submission in the fifth round of the evening’s main bout. Currently, Makhachev has 14 consecutive victories in the UFC. For the first time since 2022, former UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov was in the Russian fighter’s corner as a second.
Makhachev earned his 14th consecutive UFC victory and surpassed the feat of Nurmagomedov, who retired after a 13-fight championship winning streak.
– Clearly, Islam already needs to progress, to change weight categories. He is absolutely beautiful. There is nothing surprising in his victory over Poirier. This is what I expected. Makhachev is a very cool guy and a tough fighter.
— Can Makhachev now be compared to Khabib Nurmagomedov in terms of greatness?
– I think that it is possible. Why not? In fact, it’s not worse. They have the same school. I think we can already compare Islam to Khabib. Makhachev has proven himself to be one of the best. He has so many victories in a row against such opponents! – Finkelstein told .
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