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You even look at the social media of the Dagestanis this week and a lot of them are making jokes about what Hunter Campbell was doing in Dagestan, but they are also talking freely and truthfully about what's going on. So clearly Islam is a big deal, right? He carries a lot of weight, which leads to a lot of stories. And people are talking. People inside his circle are talking. Now, Umar Nurmagomedov was speaking today and said that Islam never wanted to vacate his championship at 155. He doesn't want to give up that belt in hopes to move back to 155 after he becomes the world champion. Look, I get it and I understand the intention, but the truth of the matter is it's very hard to cut weight, especially when you cut the amount of weight that Islam does when you don't have to. Part of the reason guys do those hard weight cuts is to become the world champ, be the best in the world, walk into that octagon knowing that you carry the gold. But if you have the belt in the weight class above that desire to starve essentially because that's all we do for a month. When you're making a weight class that you're big for is you starve for as long as you have to starve in order to make the weight class. I find it very difficult, especially after watching Islam and a lot of those weigh ins he's had recently. Him wanting to starve to go down to 155 if he is to become the world champion at 170 pounds. All that is true. I believe the biggest story of the week in regards to Makhachev is one sounds like him and Kamaru Usman are okay fighting. And if you are close to that team of fighters in dominance MMA with Ali Abdelaziz and those guys, you know how much they try to avoid their guys fighting unless it is for championship. So for these guys to have been in such a small circle for as long as they have been, for Kamaru to just openly go, hey, my goals are more important to me than his goals are to him. And, and if he is to become champion in my weight class, I want to do that. I respect that. I respect that. Kamaru's willing to essentially stand on business and say I'll fight that man if I have to. I don't want to, but if I have to, I'll fight that man. Because I know that this is the way that I provide for my family. Javier Mendez, Islam's coach, also said that he feels Kamaru Usman is as close to anyone else in terms of who Islam may fight if he has become champion. I say if Javier and then believe Islam will definitely become champion. Even though we saw how great Jack Della Madeleina looked in his fight against Bilal Muhammad. Great Kamaru Usman will fight Islam. Great Islam's getting that title fight against Jack Della Maddalena. I imagine that's going to be somewhere in the late Fall, early winter, maybe Madison Square Garden, maybe that end of the year pay per view in Las Vegas. There are many cards formed the fight, but I think it'll fall in line with one of those last couple fight cards of the year. Javier Mendez also said though that Islam Makachev might have three fights, including Jack Del Madalina. That right there is where our energy should be spent as Islam fans. How in the world does it feel like another dominant champion may be saying it's about time? Why? He's young, he's the world champ, he's dominating, he's getting an opportunity to become a double champ. Why do we have to look at that again? I think that we are in a time right now in fighting. That, for me as a fan, is very sad. I don't believe for a second though that it's going to change. I think there will be new guys that will ultimately step right in line with where those guys leave. The Michael Chandlers, the Justin Gaethjes, the Charles Oliveiras. There will always be another guy. But when they all start to walk away, it's sad for the fan to, especially the new fan that made his way into MMA based on what those guys did for so long in that division. But Islam only has three fights. Why? Why? It's scary to me because I know knowing these guys, if he says I've got three and he stands that he has three, if he ever comes out and says he has three, the only saving grace right now is that someone else is saying it for him and he has not said that himself. If Islam comes out and tells us I've got three fights left, we should all go, man. We got to lock in. Because you know that it's a special time, right? It's a special reign that Islam has created at 155. Why? Why when you're in your mid-30s, are you looking to kind of walk away from the game that you are dominating? We saw Habib do it and he never looked back. He never looked back after he left the ufc. That should be worrisome to us as mixed martial arts fans that if that's the case, it's a problem. We have so many more fights that we want these guys to fight. We want to see them against Jack Della, we want to see him against Usman, and we want to see him against Iliad Toporia. That is how short a window we are talking about if this man is to walk away after three more fights. It's crazy. Justin Gaethje said yesterday. If he doesn't Get a title fight, he's done. That's crazy and that's sad. To all these fighters are all these fight fans who have come during this era, which to me has been as golden an era as the UFC has ever had in terms of the star power, in terms of the fight quality, in terms of the skill level of these guys that use that octagon to prove their points, show their worth, and honestly make their living. It has been a very, very good time for the entire UFC having those guys. So it should be sad to hear that all these greats are now thinking about being done. Thank goodness we have guys like Illinois, like Merab, like Pantoja, guys that are dominating their weight classes or intend to dominate their weight classes that aren't. But to me, it sucks that these guys are thinking about walking away. Hold on to the idea, though, and love the fact that Islam isn't saying it himself. Someone's saying it for him. I remember when George St. Pierre started talking about retirement. He never brought it up initially. People around him were talking about it. The fans were saying it was almost time. And the moment he made that decision and he was gone. We all regretted walking him out of the door. Enjoy the fighters while we have him because we will not have him long. There's some massive fights for Islam Makachev. Let's hope that he sticks around long enough to fight them all. Those are my thoughts, guys. Until next time, like subscribe and tell your friends. I got a YouTube channel. I'm doing things like this. 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