Islam Makhachev has never been in the business of picking his opponents so it really doesn’t matter much to him who’s next in line after he dispatched Ian Machado Garry at UFC 330.
The two leading candidates for a title shot at the always exciting Carlos Prates and fast-rising star Michael Morales, who were both seated cage side for the main event from Philadelphia on Saturday. Both fighters have a legitimate argument about getting a championship opportunity but Makhachev believes there was an easy way to solve that problem and the UFC blew it.
“Let them fight,” Makhachev said at the UFC 330 post-fight press conference. “Why are they not fighti
