Islam Makhachev Reveals Shocking UFC Career News

UFC welterweight champion Islam Makhachev revealed shocking career news on a social media post on Friday afternoon. Makhachev, the UFC welterweight champ and the No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter in the world, was supposed to defend his title against Carlos Prates in the main event of UFC 336 in January, but he declined to fight Prates on that date, and instead, the UFC booked an interim welterweight title bout between Prates and Michael Morales. We haven’t heard much from Makhachev other than he wants those two to fight to determine the next No.