Arman Tsarukyan's nearly six-year journey to the UFC lightweight title will take a little longer. Tsarukyan suffered an injury two nights before challenging lightweight champion Islam Makhachev at UFC ...

Check out the best photos from Islam Makhachev's first-round submission win over Renato Moicano at UFC 311 at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif. (Fight and venue photos by Gary A. Vasquez, USA Today ...

Lightweight champion Islam Makhachev will go for his fourth consecutive title defense against a new opponent on hours' notice when he meets Renato Moicano in the UFC 311 main event. Makhachev (26-1 ...

UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev made easy work of late-replacement opponent Renato Moicano, scoring a submission win via d’arce choke with 55 seconds left in the first round Saturday night at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Makhachev was expecting to face Arman Tsarukyan, whom he outpointed six years ago, but the latter suffered a back injury the day ...

Islam Makhachev is looking pretty much relaxed as he got Arman Tsarukyan out of the way. As Renato Moicano stepped in, Makhachev did not think that the Brazilian would be a threat enough to dismantle ...

Islam Makhachev extended his reign over the lightweight division with a first-round submission win over Renato Moicano at UFC 311. The victory extended his winning streak to 15 and gives him his ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Trent Reinsmith is a Baltimore-based writer who covers MMA and hockey. Saturday’s UFC 311 fight card picked up a new main event ...

Sometimes, in MMA, the phrase "subject to change" is the literal truth, which was the case here. Tsarukyan informed the UFC early Friday morning he'd been suffering from back pain while undergoing his ...

Renato Moicano has spoken out for the first time since booking his first UFC title fight. Lightweight champion Islam Makhachev was set to defend his belt against top contender Arman Tsarukyan at UFC ...

Islam Makhachev had to completely change up his game plan on short notice as he was forced into a new main event for Saturday’s UFC event. After the tough showing from team Khabib in the co-main event ...