“Islam Makhatchov is right about that, I was thinking the same thing,” said former UFC bantamweight champion Henry Cejudo. £4 podcast. “If I were Islam, I’d say, ‘How come these guys don’t fight each other?’ Let me fight the best guy.” He used to say that in his press conferences. So, it was premeditated with Islam from the beginning, if you think about it. Because Dana White said there’s no reason, but I accept Islam. As a champion, you want the top contenders to fight each other. I personally like it even more than either of them fighting Islam, because now we have a chance to see who’s going to fight Islam Makhachov. Michael Morales and Carlos Prates, that’s on its own main event This is the main event on pay-per-view.
“When you get to that level, you get a little bit pickier and pickier, as you should — I’m not going to hate Islam pick and choose in this fight,” said retired UFC middleweight Matt Brown. MMA fight. “Is (the interim title) UFC trying to gut Islam? That’s the feeling here. I think it’s our reluctance to this particular situation. I don’t know what the conversation was behind the scenes, but if he’s clear to them that ‘I’m going to fight in March, April, June, July,’ whatever it is, then he’s right. Didn’t think (Islam) would come into politics, but the interim title fought two months ago.