UFC Lightweight Division ‘Belongs To Dagestan’

Episode 2 of UFC 280 “Embedded” features a confident take from Team Makhachev. Brazil is out, Dagestan is in. That’s assuming lightweight contender Islam Makhachev can steamroll former champion Charles Oliveira when they collide in the UFC 280 pay-per-view (PPV) main event on Sat. (Oct. 22, 2022) at Etihad Arena on “Fight Island” in Abu Dhabi. Makhachev hopes to pick up where Khabib Nurmagomedov left off. “This legacy is an incredible thing, I don’t think ever in the history have two fighters from the same gym get the lightweight title almost one after the other one,” manager Rizvan Magomedov told…