Islam Makhachev
Russian mixed martial arts fighter
伊斯兰姆·马哈切夫 · イスラム・マカチェフ · 이슬람 마하체프
- Born
- 27 October 1991, Makhachkala
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Sport
- sambo, mixed martial arts
- Occupation
- mixed martial arts fighter, sambo fighter
- Height
- 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
- Team / club
- American Kickboxing Academy
Islam Ramazanovich Makhachev (Russian: Ислам Рамазанович Махачев; born 27 October 1991) is a Russian professional mixed martial artist and former sambo competitor. He currently competes in the Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is the current UFC Welterweight Champion and former UFC Lightweight Champion. Makhachev has competed in mixed martial arts professionally since 2010 and signed to the UFC in October 2014, making his debut in May of 2015. In February 2023 Makhachev defeated featherweight champion Alexander Volkonovski to become the #1 UFC men's pound-for-pound rankings. After UFC 322 Makhachev retained #1 in the UFC men's pound-for-pound rankings.
As a national and international sambo athlete Makhachev won a gold medal in the 74 kg division at the Russian National Combat Sambo in 2014 and 2016. He won an international championship in November 2016, when he won the world gold medal at the FIAS World Combat Sambo Championship.
Competitions
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q18637676 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.