We need a lightweight king who can finish fights at 135lbs—sign Islam Makhachev, Poirier fans unite!

Yeah, and I suppose Santa’s coming down the chimney with a Chechnya-shaped sleigh too. Where’s the source on that, then? Some “paper from Moscow” sounds more like Reddit hearsay than an actual contract leak. If Makhachev’s got a weightless clause in his UFC deal, someone better cough up a screenshot or a verified reporter’s byline, otherwise we’re just chasing digital confetti.

Oi mate nah it’s DEFO not about just money gonna Makha chilled in at 135 is proper king territory 👑🔥 imagine him out there wiping the floor with anyone else while Dusty screams his name from the crowd already bloody crying gutted we don’t have him 😭💔 through thick and thin this boy could finish fights while the others still argue about who’s coming next huh? "oh but he’s so technical!" technical my arse 100-0 knockouts bruv listen to his last 3 fights ah well nowt to do

You’re looking at a man in the prime of his career—32, still grinding in the deepest rounds, still adding layers to his game like some kind of combat craftsman. Islam Makhachev’s last three fights? Two decision wins where he out-strategised fighters built like refrigerators, and then that March 2024 card against Arman Tsarukyan where he closed the show in round two with a calf-killer choke off the cage. That’s not “technical my arse” territory; that’s precision sculpted by Dagestani bloodlines and 300-odd cage minutes since signing with UFC. The numbers back it too: 24-1 overall, 14-1 inside the octagon, and every stoppage since 2021 has come inside the distance—no fans left chanting “let’s take it to the judges” because Makhachev simply doesn’t miss the mark. Now drag that into the lightweight free-agency oven of 2024. The UFC’s 135lbs division is a meat grinder of young wolves—Deiveson Figueiredo just turned 36, Alexandre Pantoja 35, Kai Kara-France 31—still competing but trending toward the back half of their careers. Meanwhile Makhachev’s prime window is 28–34, and he’s still sharpening the edges. Financially? Fighters of his profile don’t sit around waiting for unsigned loopholes. They leverage elite performance into headline purses. If he walks, it’s because the offer clears eight figures, not because some Moscow tabloid printed a clause with “Reddit” watermarks. The sceptics demanding screenshots might as well ask for a photo of Bigfoot before considering that in 2024, the heavy lifters at the top make their moves in closed-door war-rooms, not Twitter meme threads. Bottom line: if Makhachev isn’t the missing piece at 135 for Team Poirier, then nobody bloody is—because we’ve already watched the rest of the division shuffle pieces like a season of Jenga while Islam’s still constructing furniture with a spirit level.

nah mate Uncle’s got the numbers down but forget the papers Reddit or Moscow just FEEL it ya know?? this man’s a lightweight KING and the division NEEDS a boss that drops dudes in round 2 not round 5 💪🔥 like who tf wants to wait 30 mins for a decision when Makha walks out and boom—lights go out on some poor lad’s dreams 😱 signed sealed delivered next champ under them lights with Dusty cheering the whole way bruv can’t make it better than that 👑🙌

throw a brick through any window in toronto and you’ll have three guys in ten minutes telling you they saw a blind man riding a bicycle full of cash down the street.