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It looks like Islam Makhachev made history twice tonight, one of which has sent fight fans into a frenzy.
At UFC 311, the lightweight champion made light work of late replacement Renato Moicano, submitting him in the opening round with a darce choke. With the win, Makhachev has now become the only fighter in UFC history to defend the 155-pound title four times.
Check out Islam Makhachev's finish over Renato Moicano below:
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The Dagetani's readiness to fight the late-notice replacement coupled with his dominant win has also seemingly made history by definitively winning over Dana White.
During the post-fight press conference of the pay-per-view, the UFC CEO, who historically has fought tooth and nail to argue that Jon Jones deserves the pond-for-pond No.1 spot, finally conceded and gave credit to the lightweight kingpin, saying:
"He is already the pound-for-pound No.1... Yeah, I'll give it to him [Makhachev]... Is everybody happy now?"
Check out Dana White's comments on Islam Makhachev below:
Suffice it to say White's surprising statement caught fans off guard, prompting them to flood social media noting their thoughts and opinions.
@Sarcasm_n_logic wrote:
"BREAKING: [Jon] Jones retires after seeing this."
@_SchuZ_ exclaimed:
"I never thought this day would come."
@LouTweetingU speculated:
"Dana pulling out ALL of the stops to get Jon to sign for Aspinall I see. Power move by the boss."
Check out a few more responses below:
With the win against Moicano, Makhachev is now tied with former welterweight kingpin Kamaru Usman for the second-longest winning streak in promotional history. One more win will help him tie UFC legend Anderson Silva for the No.1 spot.
While Makhachev had a great night out at UFC 311, the same cannot be said for all Team Khabib Nurmagomedov fighters. In the co-main event 'The Eagles's' protege and cousin, Umar Nurmagomedov suffered a unanimous decision loss to reigning bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili.
