Sterling believes that Makhachev has surpassed Khabib

Aljamain Sterling, former UFC bantamweight champion, believes that at this point, Islam Makhachev has already surpassed Khabib Nurmagomedov.

“Islam is one of the greatest lightweights of all time, in my opinion. I think he surpasses Khabib simply because of his activity. I know some think he wasn’t the most active. I think Khabib had a total of 13 or 14 fights in the UFC. I think Islam already has more. But the main thing is that, in my opinion, he surpassed him due to a series of victories over worthy opponents on his way to the title, and then - over the guys he has already defeated in the title fights,” said Sterling.