After losing that one fight against Adriano Martins in 2015, Islam Makhachev has been on a tear. The 29-year-old Dagestani compiled an eight-fight win streak on Saturday by dealing Thiago Moises his first stoppage loss via fourth-round submission.
Makhachev’s ultimate goal is to follow in the footsteps of his comrade Khabib Nurmagomedov, and he doesn’t want to waste any time. On Saturday night alone, he’d made three callouts to some of the biggest names at 155-pounds. The first one on his list: Rafael dos Anjos, whom he was scheduled to fight last November but had to pull out.