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Makhachev is ready to fight Mayweather

Alexandr Ormanji | Published Sept. 28, 2021, 4:50 a.m.

Islam Makhachev, a Russian MMA fighter who is one of the top five lightweights in the UFC, wrote a post in which he expressed his willingness to fight any top opponent in his division and even famed boxer Floyd Mayweather.

"Justin Gaethje, Dustin Poirier, Tony Ferguson, Beneil Dariush, Dan Hooker, Michael Chandler or Floyd Mayweather, it doesn't matter - I will be in Abu Dhabi on October 30," Islam wrote.

Makhachev was scheduled to fight Rafael Dos Anjos at UFC 267, but he suffered an injury and withdrew from the fight.

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