Fight night · UFC
Prates' manager says the UFC is a little upset with Makhachev
Makhachev backed out of the January 30 welterweight title fight in Toronto, and Prates meets Michael Morales for the interim belt in the co-main.
UFC · Welterweight champion
Islam Makhachev
ChampionWelterweight
29–1–0
5 KO · 13 SUB · 11 DEC
- Height
- 5′10″178 cm
- Reach
- 70½″179 cm
- Weight
- 170 lb77 kg
- Age
- 35
- Born
- October 27, 1991
- From
- Makhachkala, Dagestan
- Style
- Sambo
- Stance
- Southpaw
- Team
- Eagles MMA
- Streak
- 17wins
- UFC
- 18–1
- Last
- Ian Machado GarryWin · August 15, 2026
Islam Makhachev is the UFC welterweight champion. The only loss is a first-round knockout to Adriano Martins at UFC 192 on October 3, 2015.
He won the vacant lightweight title against Charles Oliveira at UFC 280 on October 22, 2022, and defended it four times. The last defense was a first-round brabo choke of Renato Moicano at UFC 311 on January 18, 2025. He vacated the lightweight belt on June 28, 2025.
The welterweight title came in his debut at 170 pounds, a decision over Jack Della Maddalena at UFC 322 on November 15, 2025. He defended it once, by decision over Ian Machado Garry at UFC 330 on August 15, 2026.
Dagestan is his birthplace, and the UFC lists his camp as AKA in San Jose. He started training at 10, won a combat sambo world title, a European title, and four Russian titles, and the UFC lists him as an international master of sport in combat sambo. He studied on the athletic faculty at Dagestan State University, was a student before he fought, and turned pro in 2010.
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Fight night · UFC
Makhachev wants Prates to fight Morales for the challenger spot
He said he will fight the winner. The UFC booked Prates against Morales for the interim welterweight title on January 30, 2027, at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.
Fights
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Machado Garry | Win | Decision (unanimous)Defended the welterweight title. | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 330 | |
| Jack Della Maddalena | Win | Decision (unanimous)Won the welterweight title. | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 322 | |
| Renato Moicano | Win | Submission (brabo choke)Defended the lightweight title. | 1 | 4:05 | UFC 311 | |
| Dustin Poirier | Win | Submission (brabo choke)Defended the lightweight title. | 5 | 2:42 | UFC 302 | |
| Alexander Volkanovski | Win | KO (head kick and punches)Defended the lightweight title. | 1 | 3:06 | UFC 294 | |
| Alexander Volkanovski | Win | Decision (unanimous)Defended the lightweight title. | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 284 | |
| Charles Oliveira | Win | Submission (arm-triangle choke)Won the lightweight title. | 2 | 3:16 | UFC 280 | |
| Bobby Green | Win | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:23 | UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Green | |
| Dan Hooker | Win | Submission (kimura) | 1 | 2:25 | UFC 267 | |
| Thiago Moisés | Win | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 4 | 2:38 | UFC on ESPN: Makhachev vs. Moisés | |
| Drew Dober | Win | Submission (arm-triangle choke) | 3 | 1:37 | UFC 259 | |
| Davi Ramos | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC 242 | |
| Arman Tsarukyan | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Oleinik | |
| Kajan Johnson | Win | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 4:43 | UFC on Fox: Alvarez vs. Poirier 2 | |
| Gleison Tibau | Win | KO (punch) | 1 | 0:57 | UFC 220 | |
| Nik Lentz | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC 208 | |
| Chris Wade | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Johnson | |
| Adriano Martins | Loss | KO (punch)The only loss. | 1 | 1:46 | UFC 192 | |
| Leo Kuntz | Win | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 2:38 | UFC 187 | |
| Ivica Trušček | Win | Submission (inverted triangle choke) | 3 | 4:45 | M-1 Challenge 51 | |
| Yuri Ivlev | Win | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 3:10 | M-1 Challenge 49 | |
| Rander Junio | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | M-1 Challenge 41 | |
| Mansour Barnaoui | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | M-1 Challenge 38 | |
| Anatoly Kormilkin | Win | Submission (inverted triangle choke) | 1 | 3:17 | Lion's Fights 2 | |
| Migel Grigoryan | Win | Submission (triangle choke) | 1 | 4:25 | Siberian FC 1 | |
| Vladimir Egoyan | Win | Decision (split) | 2 | 5:00 | ProFC 29 | |
| Magomed Ibragimov | Win | Submission (triangle choke) | 2 | 3:15 | Tsumada FC 5 | |
| Martiros Grigoryan | Win | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:52 | ProFC 28 | |
| Tengiz Khuchua | Win | KO (punch) | 1 | 0:30 | M-1: Selection Ukraine 2010 | |
| Magomed Bekbolatov | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | Tsumada FC 4 |