UFC fans may not have enjoying the enjoyment of Islam Makhachev, because his head coach has provided a surprising timeline for retirement.
Islam Makhachev is generally considered the largest UFC light weight of all time after he broke the record for the most title defense in the history of the division, in which he caught up with his own coach, Khabib Nurmagomedov.
After he felt that he had achieved everything he can achieve on 155 pounds, the Russian champion chose earlier this year to leave his lightweight title when pursuing a welterweight title fight against Jack della Maddalena.
Although Makhachev is one of the most dominant grapplers in sport, he is advised to improve his wrestling and grab skills prior to his potential title fight against the Aussie.
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Makhachev's coach drops a shock pension time line
Prior to his move to £ 170, the Russian has plagued that his time with lightweight may not be completely ready.
Makhachev is still interested in a potential fight against Ilia Topuria, and as 'El Matador' wins the empty lightweight title on UFC 317, it could set up a fight against Makhachev further on in the line.
The 33-year-old has previously suggested that he may have tried to become a world champion of three weight by going to the middleweight in the future.
But now that only a few months after his welterweight title fight, Makhakev's head coach Javier Mendez has dropped a shock pension time line, so we may not have much longer the pound-for-pound number one.
“I think (Dricus) du Plessis is another, I don't know, I don't really want to anticipate what could happen there because it is a lot of what-IFS, you know,” Mendez told Submission Radio.
“Islam actually turns 34 (years old), so it's not as if he will really be much longer, I don't think, based on how the Dagestani boys and their mentality on Team Khabib is and Islam has enough money to do what he wants to do for the rest of his life.
“I expect (a few more fights), I expect that we might see three more fights, let's see who is in the making for that. Let's say that if we come through Della Maddalena, I don't really want us to endure him because this man is a tough customer … It is hard to see JDM,” continued with JDM, “continued with JDM,” continued with JDM, “
Makhachev was forced to specify a lightweight title according to teammate
Khabib Nurmagomedov still receives a lot of criticism of his premature retirement in the sport, where Makhachacthev may end the same route.
And although the 33-year-old wanted to rule over both the lightweight and the Welterweight Division at the same time, according to his teammate Umar Nurmagomedov, he was forced to give up the lightweight belt of Hunter Campbell after an improvised visit to the day tan.