People attempt to quibble concerning the power of schedule Makhachev fought at light-weight, however he has finishes over Charles Oliveira and Dustin Poirier, holds a pair of wins over the best featherweight of all time in Volkanovski and beat Arman Tsarukyan early, earlier than leaping up 15 kilos, profitable a second title in dominant style, and defending it in opposition to a stud challenger. There are few with as spectacular a resume as him.
I do need to take a second to provide Machado Garry a shout out too as he battled laborious, had some optimistic moments, and confirmed he is likely one of the greatest welterweights within the sport. He dealt with himself with grace and sophistication all through the construct to this contest, navigated the passing of a teammate and good friend in Allan Nascimento, and pushed Makhachev all through, leaving no purpose to be something however pleased with his efforts and assured that he can proceed to thrive within the higher echelon of the 170-pound weight class for years to come back.
Dern Retains Strawweight Title: Now What?
Mackenzie Dern efficiently defended her UFC strawweight title on Saturday evening in Philly, largely dominating the motion over the primary 4 rounds of her bout with Gillian Robertson and finally incomes a clear sweep of the scorecards. The champion took Robertson down early in every of the primary three rounds, sometimes threatening submissions and completely controlling the motion whereas additionally touchdown the higher blows at any time when they have been on the toes. The Canadian challenger merely didn’t have the oomph on her punches to threaten Dern and struggled to get her to the canvas till the ultimate spherical, the place the champion slowed and spent the ultimate 5 minutes on her again despite the fact that she was by no means in any actual bother.
