Media Islam Makhachev wants more fights in America and hopes to fight at MSG next.

Joinho10 said:
Islam Makhachev-Arman Tsarukyan at the garden. Do you like it?

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Great to hear from Islam. The quicker he can dislodge himself from the Abu Dhabi yearly cycle, the better.

Arman is next in the Fall, then hopefully a clear cut LW contender shows up next winter or spring, maybe Gamrot gets a signature win against Charles, then we can have Gamrot next. If not, then I dont mind him attempting to get the WW belt.
 
The Siege said:
Great to hear from Islam. The quicker he can dislodge himself from the Abu Dhabi yearly cycle, the better.

Arman is next in the Fall, then hopefully a clear cut LW contender shows up next winter or spring, maybe Gamrot gets a signature win against Charles, then we can have Gamrot next. If not, then I dont mind him attempting to get the WW belt.
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Dana confirmed they are planning a BMF fight and some are saying it may be Max-Oliveira 2 so it doesn't look too well for Gamrot. Dude seriously needs a big win and I thought Oliveira might have been that for him. Maybe Gaethje will fight him.
 
Arman fight absolutely is next.

There's just too many other guys in the wings at 170 for Islam to cut that line. Shavkat, JDM, winner of Ian Garry vs MVP, there's gotta be some movement with these guys.
 
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People complain when he fights a couple times in Abu Dhabi.

But the truth is, he’s fought in enemy territory all his life. He loves the hostile environment.

Khabib and Islam really live by the “send location” motto, it doesn’t matter where the fight takes place to them. They know they’re simply better than their competitors.
 
Portland8242 said:
Arman fight absolutely is next.

There's just too many other guys in the wings at 170 for Islam to cut that line. Shavkat, JDM, winner of Ian Garry vs MVP, there's gotta be some movement with these guys.
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Arman should be next and I wouldn't be opposed to seeing JG after that b4 a move to WW but lets look at the guys you listed over the last few years.

Islam has multiple wins over people in the P4P top 15 (and top 3 when he defeated them; Volk + Charles) and multiple wins over top 5 LW's (Oliviera, DP; not even counting Arman)

JDM? Coming off 2 SD's b4 Durinho W. 1 top 10 W.
MVP? lol Khamzat barely let Kevin Holland take a breathe while MVP went to a decision. 0 top 10 W's
Garry? 1 top 10 W.
Shavkat? short-end of cancellations and pullouts but is what it is; 3 top 10 W's at the time he fought

Which of those resumes/cases do you think stacks up to wins against Oliviera, Volk, Volk, DP in the last 2 years? I think the second Islam gets 1 or two more defenses he goes to the front of the line at WW unless one of these guys above gets a few top 5 wins in the interim.
 
I hope he fights more than once or twice a year.. he's 1 more consecutive title defence and he's the goat lightweight champion I believe hel be at 5 that's never Ben done at lw..

If he's really building a legacy hel get that number as high as he can and he'd really have something special.
I think he should at least get 8 before he takes on Leon I think Leon can give him problems Leon is well versed to face his style he's got the tdd down

With the right style striking he's become tailor made to beat the grapplers after the division was wrecked by Usman and Colby's chain wrestling ited be an interesting fight for sure.

But yeah fight armen fight Conor rematch Charles then the ww belt would be a good idea and fights fans want to see
 
UFConFOX said:
Arman should be next and I wouldn't be opposed to seeing JG after that b4 a move to WW but lets look at the guys you listed over the last few years.

Islam has multiple wins over people in the P4P top 15 (and top 3 when he defeated them; Volk + Charles) and multiple wins over top 5 LW's (Oliviera, DP; not even counting Arman)

JDM? Coming off 2 SD's b4 Durinho W. 1 top 10 W.
MVP? lol Khamzat barely let Kevin Holland take a breathe while MVP went to a decision. 0 top 10 W's
Garry? 1 top 10 W.
Shavkat? short-end of cancellations and pullouts but is what it is; 3 top 10 W's at the time he fought

Which of those resumes/cases do you think stacks up to wins against Oliviera, Volk, Volk, DP in the last 2 years? I think the second Islam gets 1 or two more defenses he goes to the front of the line at WW unless one of these guys above gets a few top 5 wins in the interim.
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True shavkat has Ben stalled out.. he may break into the top 5 this year if he gets lucky.

The only real contendor is belal who nobody wants to watch or there's Colby who's irrelevant now but number 2 contendor.

And Leon fights as often or less than Islam now the belt is stalled if Leon beats bellal there's really 0 ww contendors for him unless shavkat fights him as a top 10

Do the super fight.
 
He likely going to be needed for Abu-Dhabi, & I doubt there will be a 2nd title fight on MSG under Jones since he makes so much.
 
Fighting Max is the move. BMF belt, another title defense, and Max is so highly respected.

Technically two belts would be on the line. He would walk out BMF and UFC champ once again. You can't top that. Not to mention he doesn't have to fight outside his weight class. In a year or two his body will be ready for WW.

Doesn't get any bigger than both BMF and Lightweight belts on the line.
 
The Siege said:
Great to hear from Islam. The quicker he can dislodge himself from the Abu Dhabi yearly cycle, the better.

Arman is next in the Fall, then hopefully a clear cut LW contender shows up next winter or spring, maybe Gamrot gets a signature win against Charles, then we can have Gamrot next. If not, then I dont mind him attempting to get the WW belt.
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Yeah, why would they want to set up a superfight with the #1 p4p guy when they could put on the real fight everyone is clamoring for against a guy coming off a complete snoozer against a 39 year old, a win via knee injury in a fight he was losing, a split decision with Jalin Turner, and a loss to Dariush? Could break the PPV record with that one.
 
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