Islam Makhachev is the new UFC lightweight champion. In a dominant performance, the Dagestani won the first round and the scored a knockdown and a quick sub with an arm-triangle choke in the second. On Twitter. pro fighters were impressed with the victory.
Sambo VS Jiujitsu #ufc
— Saidyokub Kakhramonov (@SaidYokubMMA) October 22, 2022
Maka by sub
— Paulo Costa ( Borrachinha ) (@BorrachinhaMMA) October 22, 2022
We got an exciting first round of ground work! Talk about out my seat #UFC280 round 1 Islam.
— Andre Ewell (@daii24_dre) October 22, 2022
OH S—!!!
— Vinc Pichel (@FromHellPichel) October 22, 2022
Dropped him and followed him down for the finish like he said he would @MAKHACHEVMMA
— Jeremy Kennedy (@JeremyKennedyWC) October 22, 2022
OMG!!!!!!!!!! #UFC280
— Jasmine Jasudavicius (@JasJasudavicius) October 22, 2022
That boy islam built different that was nasty
— Terrance ‘T Wrecks’ McKinney (@twrecks155) October 22, 2022
Islam deserves the belt! Humble hard worker. World class #UFC280
— Dan Ige (@Dynamitedan808) October 22, 2022
That squeeze must be ridiculous!
— The Thugjitsu Master (@thugjitsumaster) October 22, 2022
Khabib train me please @ufc
— Brian Ortega (@BrianTcity) October 22, 2022
DAMN ! Islam looked very good tonight #ufc280
— Casey Oneill (@kingcaseymma) October 22, 2022
Islam with the sub that was vicious . Oliveira tapped quick ! #UFC280
— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) October 22, 2022
And Newwwwwww x2 let’s go
— KAMARU USMAN (@USMAN84kg) October 22, 2022
Wow Olivera gets submitted! This sport is Wild! And sooo Unpredictable #UFC280
— Cub Swanson (@CubSwanson) October 22, 2022
I didn’t see this one coming
— Francis Ngannou (@francis_ngannou) October 22, 2022
Dominant.
Very impressive. #UFC280
— Dan Hardy (@danhardymma) October 22, 2022
@MAKHACHEVMMA vs @alexvolkanovski is gonna be fireworks If the small guy beats Islam he is truly the greatest P4P #UFC #UFC280
— Mark O. Madsen (@MarkTheOlympian) October 22, 2022
