UFC Lightweight Champion Islam Makhachev reveals his picks for UFC 281
Newly crowned UFC lightweight champ Islam Makhachev recently gave his take on the upcoming UFC 281 fight event.
UFC 281 is all set to take place on November 12th at MSG in New York. The main card of the event will feature two title fights - Israel Adesanya vs. Alex Pereira (middleweight title) and Carla Esparza vs. Zhang Weili (women's strawweight title). Additionally featured is a lightweight matchup between Dustin Poirier and Michael Chandler, among others.
Israel Adesanya will defend his middleweight title against Alex Pereira in the main event of UFC 281. Also, the women's strawweight title fight between reigning champ Carla Esparza and Zhang Weili will serve as the co-main event of UFC 281.
Taking to his official Twitter handle, lightweight champ Islam Makhachev revealed his picks for UFC 281. The Dagestani predicted that Alex Pereira would take home the middleweight title and defeat reigning champ Israel Adesanya. Makhachev also picked Dustin Poirier as the winner against Michael Chandler:
"My picks for #UFC281 Pereira and Porier. What’s yours?"
You can check out Makhachev's Twitter post below:
My picks for #UFC281 Pereira and Porier.
What’s yours?
The Dagestani recently took on Charles Oliveira at the main event of UFC 280 with the lightweight title on the line. Makhachev put on a scintillating performance and secured a victory against 'Do Bronx' via second-round submission.
Fans of the sport were impressed with Makhachev's performance after he defeated a fighter of Oliveira's caliber. The latter holds the record for the highest number of submission wins in the promotion.
Michael Chandler gives his thoughts on Islam Makhachev vs Alexander Volkanovski
On a recent edition of Main Event, top lightweight prospect Michael Chandler revealed that while he is a "fan" of featherweight champ Alexander Volkanovski. However, 'Iron' doesn't seem to be quite impressed with 'The Great' coming up to 155lbs and "messing up" the division. Giving his take, the ranked No.5 lightweight said:
"I am a fan of [Volkanovski], a fan of watching him. Not a big fan of him coming in and messing up our division... Double-champ fights and champion vs. champion fights happen all the time in this sport. Obviously right now it doesn't benefit me so I don't like it. But that's a little bit selfish."
Check out what Michael Chandler has to say on Islam Makhachev vs Alexander Volkanovski fight in the video below: