Islam Makhachev says his objective is to develop into a champ-champ within the UFC.
Makhachev is about to defend his light-weight title in the primary occasion of UFC 311 on Saturday in a rematch in opposition to Arman Tsarukyan. It’s an intriguing struggle and if he wins, there isn’t a clear-cut subsequent contender for Makhachev. With that, Makhachev says he’d be concerned about going as much as welterweight as he claims he received’t retire till he’s a champ-champ.
“I don’t know. It’s not my job, nevertheless it’s my objective,” Makhachev mentioned to TNT Sports activities. “I’m not gonna depart this sport with out a second belt. That is my objective.”
Nevertheless, one potential hindrance to that occuring is the actual fact Islam Makhachev is mates with Belal Muhammad. The 2 have mentioned they don’t wish to struggle one another, however Makhachev says they could discuss and conform to struggle.
If that doesn’t work out, Makhachev believes he nonetheless has loads of time to perform the objective and it doesn’t need to be his subsequent struggle, so he can see how the welterweight division performs out.
“He’s my pal,” Makhachev mentioned of UFC Welterweight Champion Belal Muhammad. “We was coaching final week collectively, we now have this (similar) supervisor for each. Yeah, we’ll discuss. Something can change like very fast. That’s why I’m not planning to retire. I’ve time.”
If Makhachev does develop into a champ-champ it will additional solidify his legacy as an all-time nice.
