There have been rumblings that Islam Makhachev and Jack Della Maddalena would have their long awaited clash in the world’s most famous arena and Khabib Nurmagomedov has confirmed as much on his end. The mentor of Makhachev was recently in a live Q&A context and when asked about the timeline as well as location for his charge’s bid to become a two division UFC champion, Nurmagomedov mentioned how he thinks that here in New York City would be the welterweight title spot.
UFC 322 in November at Madison Square Garden marks the company’s annual foray into the big apple and a JDM-Makhachev bout as an MSG headliner would make sense for this magnitude of an annual tentpole event.