Manager Vitaly Tarasov told that the ideal option would be to organize a fight between the UFC champion Islam Makhachev And Arman Tsarukyan during a tournament in Saudi Arabia.
On Sunday, Khabib Nurmagomedov announced that Makhachev would have his next fight in January. Makhachev defended his championship belt for the third time in June by defeating American Dustin Poirier. The 32-year-old Russian has 26 victories and one defeat in mixed martial arts.
“If Leon Edwards had defeated Belal Muhammad not too long ago, I would still have doubts about Islam’s next fight. I think the UFC would give him the opportunity to qualify for the 77kg championship. But since that didn’t happen and Islam certainly won’t fight Muhammad, I guess we’ll have a rematch between Makhachev and Tsarukyan. Arman does not hide that he considers his next step exclusively as a confrontation for the championship, initially expected in October. But Islam is now recovering and will probably be able to start a real training camp in the second half of next month. Additionally, rumors are circulating about a UFC tournament in Saudi Arabia in January. It seems to me that there is no more ideal main fight for such a tournament than the fight between Arman and Islam,” Tarasov told .
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