Amid heavy hyperlinks to an enormous title rematch at UFC 311 in January, undisputed champion, Islam Makhachev is but to obtain an official bout settlement to tackle the surging, Arman Tsarukyan in a rematch — with the duo nonetheless anticipated to take headlining honors on the cardboard focused to happen on California.
Makahchev, the present undisputed light-weight champion and present pound-for-pound primary, has been linked with a return as quickly as January, in the primary occasion of UFC 311 — after an unspecified arm damage dominated him from an October title protection in opposition to Armenian foe, Tsaryukyan in Abu Dhabi.
Islam Makhachev but to obtain contract to battle Arman Tsarukyan at UFC 311
Nonetheless, in keeping with Makhachev’s supervisor, an official bout settlement for a January 18. return within the headliner of UFC 311 in Los Angeles, has but to be floated by the promotion, nonetheless, they nonetheless count on to tackle the present primary ranked, Tsarukuyan subsequent.
“No. The contracts have not been signed,” Islam Makhachev’s supervisor Rizvan Magomedov advised Ushatayka. “We personally have not signed or received anything yet. But we are prepared for January 18th.”
“Back in September, we were given this date. We accepted it, and there was no specific confirmation about the opponent yet. We assume that it will be Arman Tsarukyan.”
Sidelined since June, Makhachev most lately headlined UFC 302 in New Jersey, turning within the third successive protection of his divisional crown with an eventual submission win over Dustin Poirier, submitting the previous interim gold holder with a D’Arce choke win.
As for Tsarukyan, the surging challenger most lately himself turned in a contentious cut up choice win over former undisputed light-weight kingpin and common-foe, Charles Oliveira on the monumental UFC 300 card in April.
Making his Octagon debut in opposition to Islam Makhachev again in 2019 in Russia, Tsarukyan suffered a hard-fought choice loss to the present light-weight kingpin.
