Some of the biggest names in the sport help define Poirier's legacy ahead of his UFC 318 retirement fight vs. Max Holloway ...

Makhachev, who hasn’t fought since his final lightweight title defense at UFC 311, recently made a public demand to book the Maddalena fight for Madison Square Garden. The UFC superstar recently ...

Team Islam Makhachev doubles down on retirement talk, saying the lightweight champ may only have 7–8 more fights left in his career. Skip to main content Skip to header right navigation ...

Israel Adesanya shares his prediction for the inevitable Islam Makhachev vs. Jack Della Maddalena Fight expected to take ...

One of those losses came to then lightweight champion Makhachev, who submitted Poirier in the final round of their title fight at UFC 302 last summer. Poirier drew blood from Makhachev and earned the ...

Islam Makhachev’s days in the octagon might be numbered. His coach, Javier Mendez, has revealed that the UFC lightweight champ is planning an early retirement, following the footsteps of his ...

People around Islam Makhachev might have certain ideas about the timeline for his retirement from MMA, but he will be the one to make the final call. One of his longtime coaches, Javier Mendez of ...

Dustin Poirier recently stepped inside the UFC Octagon for the last time in his legendary and memorable fighting career ...

Islam Makhachev has cemented himself as one of the most dominant forces in UFC history, ... With retirement possibly on the horizon, each fight will mean even more for his dominant legacy.

Dustin Poirier's retirement has made an ex-MMA star concerned about the UFC's future. As he sees it, many of the promotion's long time superstars have one foot outside the door already.

"Islam Makhachev might have three fights, including Jack Della Maddalena," Cormier said on his YouTube channel. "That right there is where our energy should be spent as Islam fans.