MOSCOW, Oct 24 Khabib Nurmagomedov congratulated Islam Makhachev on winning the Absolute championship belt Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight. Makhachev on Saturday in the main fight of the UFC 280 tournament in Abu Dhabi defeated Charles Oliveira by choke in the second round. He won the 11th fight in a row and broke the Brazilian's winning streak of the same number of fights.
"I have seen many champions and many champion-level fighters, but Islam Makhachev is the most worthy. First, my father and then I said more than once that Islam is the top of the tops, and we were all convinced of this yesterday. The most interesting thing about all this is that this is just the beginning. I’m very happy for you brother, you have been moving towards this for a long time", Nurmagomedov wrote on Instagram*.
Makhachev is 31 years old, he has 23 wins and one loss in MMA.* Meta activity (social networks Facebook and Instagram) banned in Russia as extremist.