Islam Makhachev prepares the upper radio at UFC 294 to protect the hair championship before Alex Volkanovski. Before this match, the boxer born in 1991 was in extremely high form with a series of 12 consecutive victories.
This series of destruction matches began in September 2016 with the first victory over Chris Wade. Islam Makhachev won the point after 5 rounds. After that, the Dagestan boxer overcame many names at UFC such as Nik Lentz, Gleison Tibau, Kajan Johnson, …
In October 20022, Islam Makhachev had the first battle with Charles Oliveira. In this match, he won the submission with a triangular hand lock (Arm Triangle), thereby winning UFC hair belt.
The achievement table of Islam Makhachev before the match at UFC 294:
September 17, 2016: Islam Makhachev vs Chris Wade – Winning points
11/02/2017: Islam Makhachev vs Nik Lentz – Winning points
January 20, 2018: Islam Makhachev vs Gleison Tibau – Win/TKO
July 28, 2018: Islam Makhachev vs Kajan Johnson – win submission
April 20, 2019: Islam Makhachev vs Arman Tsarukyan – Winning points
October 7, 2019: Islam Makhachev vs Davi Ramos – Winning points
06/03/2021: Islam Makhachev vs Drw Dober – win submission
July 17, 2021: Islam Makhachev vs Thiago Moises – Winning Submission
October 30, 2021: Islam Makhachev vs Dan Hooker – Winning Submisson
February 26, 2022: Islam Makhachev vs Bobby Green – Win/Tko
10/22/2022: Islam Makhachev vs Charles Oliveira – Winning Submission – winning a feather championship
11/02/2023: Islam Makhachev vs Alex Volkanovski – Winning points – Protecting the feather championship
The first belt protection of Islam Makhachev was the fight against Alex Volkanovski at the UFC 284 event in February this year. This boxer continued to win after 5 rounds. This is a controversial victory in the world martial arts world. This victory gives him the 12th consecutive victory. This is the longest series of martial artists playing at UFC. The person who has the second highest win is Merab Dvalishvili with 9 matches.
Islam Makhachev will have a rematch against Alex Volkanovski on October 22. Earlier, the person chosen to compete with Islam Makhachev was Charles Oliveira but he had retreated due to injury. Alexander Volkanovski was given the opportunity to pay after only 8 months.