Newly crowned UFC welterweight champion Islam Makhachev would like to face former titleholder Kamaru Usman next. “If you give me the choice and ask me who I want to fight, I will take Kamaru,” Makhachev said during the UFC 322 Post-Fight Press Conference . “But, it’s not my job. Anyone, I will be ready.” Makhachev vacated the lightweight championship to move up to the welterweight division to challenge for a second UFC divisional title He dominated then-champion Jake Della Maddalena in the UFC 322 main event last weekend and joined the exclusive club of fighters who have won UFC championships in two weight classes.
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