Former UFC Welterweight Title Challenger Points Out How Islam Makhachev’s Jump Puts Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Georges St-Pierre Into Perspective

Former UFC welterweight title challenger points out how Islam Makhachev’s jump puts Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Georges St-Pierre into perspective

Islam Makhachev’s move from lightweight to welterweight has offered a useful comparison for one of MMA’s biggest hypothetical matchups.

Islam Makhachev And Khabib Nurmagomedov Had The Same Issues From The UFC, Per Unearthed Abdulmanap Interview

Islam Makhachev may be standing on top of the MMA world after breaking Anderson Silva’s consecutive UFC win streak record and notching a key title defense across a second UFC weight division, but things weren’t always this way for the Dagestan native, according to one of MMA’s most influential, patriarchal figures. This was revealed by way of an unearthed interview from December 2019, with the media outlet Ushatayka, in which Abdulmanap Nurmagom…