{"id":41483,"date":"2026-11-06T03:28:17","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T03:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Christian-Lee-says-he-would-dominate-Islam-Makhachev-203516"},"modified":"2026-11-06T03:28:17","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T03:28:17","slug":"christian-lee-says-he-would-dominate-islam-makhachev","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/christian-lee-says-he-would-dominate-islam-makhachev\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Lee says he would \u2018dominate\u2019 Islam Makhachev"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Christian
\nLee<\/a> believes he would \u201cdominate\u201d the
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a>\u2019s pound-for-pound king, Islam
\nMakhachev<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The One
\nChampionship<\/a> two-division titleholder recently said he wants to
\ntest his skills against Makhachev. Lee claims he\u2019ll have his way
\nagainst the Dagestani in a potential cross-promotional bout.<\/p>\n

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Why Christian Lee believes he can beat Islam Makhachev<\/h2>\n

While Lee acknowledges Makhachev\u2019s accomplishments in the UFC, he
\nclaims he would outwrestle and knock out the reigning UFC
\nwelterweight champion if they fought.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel very confident that I\u2019m the best fighter in the world
\nacross any organization,\u201d Lee told MMA Fighting. \u201cSo, my goal, if I
\ncould choose one fight, would be to fight Islam [Makhachev] right
\nnow. I would go for the welterweight belt. He is a double champ,
\njust like me, but in the UFC. He is proven; he has fought everyone.
\nBut he has only fought everyone in the UFC. He hasn\u2019t fought people
\noutside. So, if I could line up a cross-promotional fight, I would
\nwant the Islam welterweight fight right now. I feel like I can
\ncatch him on the feet. I feel like I can take him down, dominate
\nhim, do everything that he does to other people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lee (18-4, 1 NC) is scheduled to put his lightweight title on the
\nline against jiu-jitsu ace Tye Ruotolo<\/a>
\n(2-0) on Nov. 5 at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. He hasn\u2019t
\ndefended his welterweight title since winning it in 2022.<\/p>\n

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ONE star Christian
\nLee<\/a> is confident he would “dominate” fellow double champ
\nIslam
\nMakhachev<\/a>: “I feel like I can catch him on the feet. I feel
\nlike I can take him down, dominate him, do everything that he does
\nto other people.” (\ud83c\udfa5 @guicruzzz) https:\/\/t.co\/4tXXIuCTiI<\/p>\n

\u2014 MMA Fighting (@MMAFighting)
\nNovember 5, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Christian Lee believes he would \u201cdominate\u201d the Ultimate Fighting Championship\u2019s pound-for-pound king, Islam Makhachev. The One Championship two-division titleholder recently said he wants to test his skills against Makhachev. Lee claims he\u2019ll have his way against the Dagestani in a potential cross-promotional bout. Advertisement Why Christian Lee believes he can beat Islam Makhachev While Lee […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41484,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41483","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\/41483","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=41483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}