After another victory, Islam Makhachev surpasses Beneil Dariush and climbs the UFC lightweight ranking

I. Makhachev wins in ufc vegas 49. Photo: Reproduction/Twitter

Islam makhachev is, in fact, close to competing for the UFC lightweight (up to 70,3kg) belt. With the technical knockout against Bobby Green No. UFC Las Vegas 49, event held last Saturday (26), the Russian reached third place in the ranking, surpassing Beneil Dariush, who would be his opponent, but ended up fracturing his fibula and having to leave the card.

See too

Velasquez's target in shooting would be man accused of molesting the fighter's family member '100 times', says newspaper

Valentina Shevchenko defends flyweight belt against Taila Santos at UFC 275 in June

And Francis Ngannou? Tyson Fury announces he will retire after next boxing fight

With this, Makhachev moves up one position towards the top of the category led by Charles of the Bronx, which faces Justin gaethje No. UFC 274, which takes place on May 7th. With the triumph, the Russian updated his record and now has a record of 22 positive results and one negative result in his career in mixed martial arts.

Another person who also 'took the elevator' in the organization was Arman Tsarukyan, which hit Joel alvarez with a 'rain' of elbows on the main card of the event. The Armenian moved up one place in the lightweight rankings (up to 70,3kg) and is in 12th.

Despite not performing at the event, Karol Rosa also had its position updated in the bantamweight division (up to 61,2kg.), which has Julianna Pena as champion. The Brazilian surpassed Pannie kianzad in 12nd place.