Compare the current UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhacheva with the former title holder Khabib Nurmagomedov inappropriate and mixed-style fighter Vyacheslav Vasilevsky told .
At UFC 302, Makhachev defended his UFC lightweight title for the third time, defeating American 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.
— It is inappropriate to compare Islam and Khabib. They are two different people with two different stories, despite the same coach and the same gym. Khabib was simply the first to downgrade his opponents in this division and never lost to anyone. For this reason, Nurmagomedov’s name is probably even stronger today. From the point of view of the sports component, Makhachev can even surpass him. It’s just that initially all the attention was focused on Khabib; no one in the UFC had taken such a path before him. His name became associated with MMA. Islam followed him. And as a pioneer, Khabib is more imprinted in people’s heads,” Vasilevsky told .
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