{"id":40114,"date":"2026-08-26T07:52:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T07:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Islam-Makhachev-reveals-how-many-fights-he-has-left-before-retirement-202525"},"modified":"2026-08-26T07:52:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T07:52:18","slug":"islam-makhachev-reveals-how-many-fights-he-has-left-before-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/islam-makhachev-reveals-how-many-fights-he-has-left-before-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Islam Makhachev reveals how many fights he has left before retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Islam
\nMakhachev<\/a> has revealed how many fights he has left in him
\nbefore he hangs up his gloves.<\/p>\n

Makhachev (29-1) recently defended his
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> welterweight title against
\nIan
\nGarry<\/a> at UFC
\n330<\/a>. The win over Garry saw Makhachev break Anderson
\nSilva<\/a>\u2019s record for the longest winning streak in UFC history,
\nhaving won 17 straight. The Dagestani wants to extend his win
\nstreak to 20 before walking away from the sport.<\/p>\n

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Makhachev eyes three more UFC fights while chasing a 20-fight
\nwinning streak<\/h2>\n

Makhachev knows there\u2019s one record that he isn\u2019t likely to break:
\nmost title fight wins in UFC history. With seven title wins,
\nMakhachev is still far behind the record holder Jon Jones<\/a>, who
\nhas 16. However, Makhachev notes that he got to fight for a title
\nmuch later in his UFC career than Jones.<\/p>\n

Makhachev revealed that he expects to fight at least three more
\ntimes before calling it a career. With the logjam of elite
\ncontenders in the welterweight division, Makhachev expects those
\nfights to be grueling.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, no record is unbreakable,\u201d Makhachev said at a press
\nconference in Russia. \u201cThere are fighters out there who are getting
\ncloser\u2026 They have 10 or more wins [in a row]. I don\u2019t know\u2026 Maybe
\nthe title fights record? But it\u2019s a hard one to beat. I had 10
\nfights before my first title fight, but the one who has this record
\nfought for the title in his third or fourth UFC fight\u2026 What I know
\nis there are very good title contenders in my division. So, I think
\nI have at least three more very hard and exciting fights waiting
\nfor me.\u201d<\/p>\n

The UFC double champ is looking to be as active as possible and
\nwants to fight again before next Ramadan. He\u2019s set his sights on
\nCarlos
\nPrates<\/a> for his next title defense.<\/p>\n

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\n

Islam
\nMakhachev<\/a> says he believes he has at least three more \u201cvery
\nhard and exciting fights\u201d left in his career, while admitting he
\nisn\u2019t sure which records he can still chase after breaking one that
\nonce seemed unbreakable.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, no record is unbreakable. There are fighters out\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/LUHlfUcnPv<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Red Corner MMA (@RedCorner_MMA)
\nAugust 25, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Islam Makhachev has revealed how many fights he has left in him before he hangs up his gloves. Makhachev (29-1) recently defended his Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight title against Ian Garry at UFC 330. The win over Garry saw Makhachev break Anderson Silva\u2019s record for the longest winning streak in UFC history, having won 17 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40115,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}