Coach Javier Mendez called Poirier Makhachev’s toughest fight to date. Nurmagomedov thinks Makhachev can only grow from a back-and-forth battle such as that, which was a nominee for the 2024 Fight of the Year.

Khabib Nurmagomedov has given his thoughts on Arman Tsarukyan being replaced by Renato Moicano to fight Islam Makhachev at UFC 311

The Dagestanis strive to become the first teammates to win a belt in the co-main event and retain a belt in the main event Saturday night at Intuit Dome.

Khabib Nurmagomedov is already starting a countdown to the time when he calls it a day and retires from mixed martial arts.

With Khabib Nurmagomedov and Islam Makhachev constantly being compared, Arman Tsarukyan has explained why they are different ahead of UFC 311.

Islam Makhachev will never have that. He already has that one loss to Adriano Martins in his second UFC fight back in 2015. But where he could pull ahead of Khabib Nurmagomedov is in longevity and overall career ambition.

UFC 311 suffered a last-second loss in Arman Tsarukyan, who withdrew from the main event with Islam Makhachev due to a back injury. Just hours before he was scheduled to weigh in on Friday ahead of their lightweight title fight, Tsarukyan notified the UFC matchmakers of a lingering back injury that prohibited him from competing this weekend.

Islam Makhachev and Umar Nurmagomedov take center stage at UFC 311. They're also two of the main players in MMA's most successful team.

Khabib Nurmagomedov has hilariously recalled a story about meeting David Beckham. Nurmagomedov, 36, retired from MMA in 2020 as the UFC lightweight champion. He had just submitted highly-ranked

Khabib Nurmagomedov wishes nothing but the best for Arman Tsarukyan.

UFC Bantamweight Champion Merab Dvalishvili went back to work a little quicker than anybody anticipated, returning from a title win in September to a title defense against Umar Nurmagomedov this Saturday at UFC 311 - and Umar's cousin Khabib believes he knows why.