Islam
Makhachev has revealed how many fights he has left in him
before he hangs up his gloves.

Makhachev (29-1) recently defended his
Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight title against
Ian
Garry at UFC
330. The win over Garry saw Makhachev break Anderson
Silva’s record for the longest winning streak in UFC history,
having won 17 straight. The Dagestani wants to extend his win
streak to 20 before walking away from the sport.

Makhachev eyes three more UFC fights while chasing a 20-fight
winning streak

Makhachev knows there’s one record that he isn’t likely to break:
most title fight wins in UFC history. With seven title wins,
Makhachev is still far behind the record holder Jon Jones, who
has 16. However, Makhachev notes that he got to fight for a title
much later in his UFC career than Jones.

Makhachev revealed that he expects to fight at least three more
times before calling it a career. With the logjam of elite
contenders in the welterweight division, Makhachev expects those
fights to be grueling.

“Well, no record is unbreakable,” Makhachev said at a press
conference in Russia. “There are fighters out there who are getting
closer… They have 10 or more wins [in a row]. I don’t know… Maybe
the title fights record? But it’s a hard one to beat. I had 10
fights before my first title fight, but the one who has this record
fought for the title in his third or fourth UFC fight… What I know
is there are very good title contenders in my division. So, I think
I have at least three more very hard and exciting fights waiting
for me.”

The UFC double champ is looking to be as active as possible and
wants to fight again before next Ramadan. He’s set his sights on
Carlos
Prates for his next title defense.

IMAK ADMIN

By IMAK ADMIN

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