UFC lightweight division number oneArman Tsarukyan explained why Islam Makhachev, the promotion's champion at that weight, will not surpass Khabib Nurmagomedov.
"Not yet. Because Islam has never defended the title against a lightweight. Volkanovski is good, but he's too short and small, from a different division. Lightweights are completely different fighters. Let's see how Makhachev will look against the real lightweight Porier. If you compare, Khabib is ranked above Makhachev. But Islam keeps fighting and can break all records. But I won't let him do it (smiles). That's what I'm here for," Tsarukyan said in an interview with Michael Bisping.
Recall, Tsarukyan and Makhachev met in the octagon, and then Islam won by unanimous decision of judges.
