What better way to recover from a Conor McGregor fight week hangover than by focusing on two fighters who are actually relevant in the lightweight rankings?
Harsh, I know, but it’s time to cast off the drama that has pervaded the past few days and at least for a moment divert our attention to the contenders competing in Saturday’s UFC Vegas 31 main event, Islam Makhachev and Thiago Moises.
Makhachev, currently No. 7 in MMA Fighting’s Global Rankings, has thus far lived up to the hype as the second coming of Khabib Nurmagomedov; more importantly, he’s building his resume the same way, dominating whoever the UFC puts in front of him until a top-10 opponent is forced to finally face him.