News Islam Makhachev vacates Lightweight title to challenge Jack Della Maddalena for the Welterweight Championship, location TBA

[BoxerMaurits]

Per Dana

 

[SalvadorAllende]

dana bless

Very hard fight for Islam... Jack can sprawl and brawl as good as anybody

 

[jeff7b9]

Thats the big announcement?

 

[MrBlackheart]

Location?

 

[jban]

If Islam loses to JDM, he can go back down and win back the LW title. In the meantime, you can have Topuria vs Charles for the vacant title. Good logic all around.

 

[usernamee]

Crazy stats.

Now I'm certain JDM will beat Belal and Islam will jump up in weight to fight him for the title and UFC will force him to drop the belt.

Topuria will then fight someone for the vacant belt.

 

[alchemy]

Islam is a great sportsman in every way.

Unlike Jon Jones - a fraud, who never fights to defend his title and refuses to vacate it at the same time.

 

[Captain Insano]

Conor would never have to vacate bc he was, I mean is, the GOAT.

 

[Alpha_T83]

No word from Islam that this is true. Will be completely unprecedented if they strip Islam of the title.

If he volunteered to vacate his title, then the UFC almost certainly threw big $$$ his way to vacate.

 

[BoxerMaurits]

Location?

Location TBA

 

[Neck&Neck]

Told ya’ll Mak would be a good boy as soon as Dana barked

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

 

[tritestill]

Least he's not holding up the division

 

[usernamee]

No word from Islam that this is true. Will be completely unprecedented if they strip Islam of the title.

If he volunteered to vacate his title, then the UFC almost certainly threw big $$$ his way to vacate.

They obviously said that he had to vacate the belt to get the JDM fight. He didn't volunteer shit.

 

[Portland8242]

Picking JDM to beat Islam and IDGAF

 

[markys00]

Buh buh buh Islam said he won't vacate

 

[flektarn]

vacating is the right thing to do

 

[markys00]

No word from Islam that this is true. Will be completely unprecedented if they strip Islam of the title.

If he volunteered to vacate his title, then the UFC almost certainly threw big $$$ his way to vacate.

Well, unprecedented is a strong word. Dana said this would be the case going forward since Topuria.

 

[Portland8242]

vacating is the right thing to do

It wasn't the anything to do.

UFC wasn't gonna let him keep it, it wasn't his choice.

 

[Alpha_T83]

Well, unprecedented is a strong word. Dana said this would be the case going forward since Topuria.

Yea, until another PPV megastar that sells 1 million+ PPVs regularly wants to keep his belt and fight for a 2nd belt.

You think Dana sticks to his principles?