Jack Della Maddalena vs Islam Makhachev
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MMA Fighting has a UFC 322 live stream watch party for Saturday’s UFC event at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Saturday night. In the main event, Jack Della Maddalena defends the welterweight title for the first time against former lightweight champion Islam Makhachev.
In the main event, Islam Makhachev will make a long-awaited jump to 170 pounds, where he will challenge welterweight champion Jack Della Maddalena. A victory for Makhachev would tie Anderson Silva’s record with 16 consecutive UFC wins and become the latest fighter to win belts in multiple divisions, having previously held the lightweight title.
Islam Makhachev believes Khabib Nurmagomedov broke Conor McGregor's mind, and that's why he doesn't see the Irishman ever making a return to the UFC.
However, according to White, a victory for Makhachev over Della Maddalena at Madison Square Garden will guarantee him a spot atop the pound-for-pound rankings come next week, in a move sure to unsettle Spanish finisher Topuria.
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Khabib Nurmagomedov: Islam Makhachev vs. Ilia Topuria ‘biggest fight,’ not Jon Jones vs. Alex Pereira
As highly anticipated as Jones vs. Pereira would be, Nurmagomedov still thinks it falls short of Makhachev vs. Topuria, which would pit arguably the current top 2 pound-for-pound fighters in the world against one another. “Still a big fight, but not on that level,” Nurmagomedov said of Jones vs. Pereira. “I don’t think it’s same level.”