Javier Mendez highlights Kamaru Usman and Ilia Topuria as the most likely opponents for Islam Makhachev’s first title defense after UFC 322.

Islam Makhachev already has an opponent in mind for his first defence of the welterweight title, should he get through Jack Della Maddalena on Saturday. The ex-lightweight champion is moving up to 170lbs for the first time,

Although Volkov (39-11 MMA, 13-6 UFC) was taken down seven times and controlled for more than 10 minutes, he was awarded the split decision win over Almeida (22-4 MMA, 8-2 UFC) on Saturday's main card at Etihad Arena. Usman explained that Almeida just laid on top of Volkov, and it was the Russian who constantly worked from bottom.

Kamaru Usman recently lauded Umar Nurmagomedov for not letting his first career loss burden him down too much.

UFC President Dana White declared Kamaru Usman the greatest welterweight ever, surpassing legends like GSP and B.J. Penn. White cited Usman's dominant

Since losing his title to Jack Della Maddalena at UFC 315, Muhammad has been angling to settle the score with Usman. However, after Usman returned to the win column by defeating Joaquin Buckley in June, "The Nigerian Nightmare" is onto bigger things.

Planning his retirement tour, former UFC champion Kamaru Usman has two fights in mind when it comes to his final Octagon go-around. Returning to his former welterweight stomping ground earlier this summer, Kamaru Usman snapped a three-fight losing skid with a unanimous decision win over surging contender Joaquin Buckley.