UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev has confirmed his willingness to move up to the middleweight division for a title fight with Dricus Du Plessis.
"My height and physical data allow me to do it. I just need to work with specialists, gain muscle mass, add a little weight - I think I can try.
I already said at the press conference after the fight that if they offer me this fight tomorrow, give me time to gain weight, I will not refuse, I will agree to fight at middleweight. I'm not saying that I have more chances, that I can finish Du Plessis one hundred percent, but judging by his fights, judging by his style, I think I have the keys to defeat him," Makhachev said.
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Recall that on January 19 at UFC 311 Makhachev held the fourth defense of the belt in the lightweight division, "choking" Renato Moicano.
