If former Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight king Khabib Nurmagomedov is to be believed, his protégé’s next stage will be a massive one.
At a speaking event on Saturday in New York, Nurmagomedov went off script to possibly break some news, with video captured by the Cornell Combat Sports Show. According to the Dagestan native, Islam Makhachev will vie for the welterweight strap against Jack Della Maddalena at UFC 322. He did not specific if the match would serve as the main attraction for the UFC’s annual Madison Square Garden event rumored for Nov.