Islam Makhachev is still welterweight champion, but it wasn’t an easy night at the office for him as he was put to the test by a game Ian Machado Garry.
He also joins Henry Cejudo, Daniel Cormier, Jon Jones, and Amanda Nunes as the only fighter to successfully defend UFC championships in two divisions after previously reigning as lightweight king.
While it was a disappointing night for Garry, he can hold his head high knowing he made Makhachev work for his latest title defense, and MMA personality Brendan Schaub even suggested he could have made a tactical tweak to put his performance over the top.
“Ian Garry would have won if he ate a steak,” Schaub wrote on Twitter.
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