MOSCOW, February 27 Former UFC Champion Khabib Nurmagomedov said that Russian MMA fighter Islam Makhachev significantly outperforms his competitors in the UFC Candidates race. Previously, Makhachev defeated American Bobby Green by TKO in the first round at UFC Fight Night 202 in Las Vegas (USA). For a 30-year-old athlete, this victory was the tenth in a row. «Everything happened as we expected. Islam said that the fight would not last the whole distance. One or two rounds. There are many reasons: a career before and already in the UFC itself, his hunger «, age, winning streak. It all worked out. Now Makhachev is at a different level and he needs someone close in level. Someone with the same winning streak is (UFC champion) Charles Oliveira. If Oliveira defeats Justin Gaethje, the UFC will have a very big fight,» Nurmagomedov said in a comment to the league's Instagram account.
