Two previous times he already led the tournament in Abu Dhabi, and rightfully earned the love of fans. It was the Russian fighter who then for some reason turned out to be one of his family and friends. Fighter Khabib, who had already finished his sports career, came to support his best friend.
The Russian fighter will have his next defense of the championship title in the summer, so we can expect him in the UAE in the fall.
Dagestanian, native of Makhachkala, Islam Makhachev is a Russian mixed martial arts and combat sambo fighter. The current UFC lightweight champion is recognized as the best UFC fighter regardless of weight category according to the official UFC rankings. In Russia, he is known as a two-time champion in sambo, and according to him he also has the title of master of sports.
Islam was drawn to sports from childhood; he practiced taekwondo and wushu sanda along with other fighters who later became famous. In 2016 he became the world champion, and since then he has not given up his position in the rings. In addition to combat sambo, he effectively competed in mixed martial arts. It is because of its mixed species that I know it in the world.
Makhachev has already had four fights in Abu Dhabi. The latest was last year's fight between Islam Makhachev and Charles Oliveira, which headlined UFC 294 in October. Islam then said that he had seen such crazy support from the stands only in Russia, and called Abu Dhabi his place of power. The arena celebrated as if Makhachev were a local, and the joy of his victory was shared by everyone except his opponent Oliveira.
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