The tide in the UFC lightweight division is changing. A new generation of fighters are establishing themselves in the promotion’s 155-pound division. Islam Makhachev and Mateusz Gamrot have placed themselves inside the top-10 of the weight class. Meanwhile, Arman Tsarukyan, Jalin Turner and Damir Ismagulov have worked their way into the top-15.
On Saturday, another of the rising stars in the lightweight division punched his ticket into elite status with a TKO win over former UFC champion Rafael dos Anjos. That fighter, Rafael Fiziev, is now on a six-fight winning streak with five straight post-fight bonuses.
Also, making some noise on the main card of UFC Vegas 58, which took place on Saturday at the UFC Apex, was Said Nurmagomedov, who scored his second win of 2022 with a unanimous decision win over Douglas Silva de Andrade.