Islam Makhachev is currently one of the most dominant lightweight fighters and has gained a lot of attention in recent times. The Dagestan prodigy has trained most of his career with former UFC lightweight champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov. After Nurmagomedov’s retirement, Makhachev took the torch to continue representing their team in UFC. Makhachev joined UFC in 2015 and unlike Nurmagomedov suffered an early loss via KO against Adriano Martins.
However, since then, the fighter has put on amazing performances and is currently on an impressive 11-fight win streak. Makhachev has made tough fighters look easy and has finished them without breaking a sweat. As he climbed up in the rankings, Makhachev called out the top fighters but nobody accepted the challenge.
But that didn’t stop him from forcing UFC to give him the title shot as he defeated the likes of Dan Hooker, Bobby Green, etc. Makhachev has proved that he deserves the spot of a title contender and is easily one of the favorites to win the lightweight championship. With a title fight for Islam around the corner, fight fans must be interested in the songs he uses to walk out inside the octagon. Here is the list.
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Islam Makhachev’s walkout songs
Lezginka
Lezginka is a popular Dagestani song that has a lot of history for the people living there. Islam Makhachev likes to showcase his culture and has used this song on the following occasions.
UFC Vegas 49: Makhachev vs Bobby Green
It was Makhachev’s most recent fight and Green replaced Beneil Dariush on short notice. Going into the fight, Green was confident but inside the octagon, it was a different story. Makhachev dominated the fight and beat Green in the first round via TKO.
UFC 267: Makhachev vs Dan Hooker
After Makhachev’s callout, Hooker stepped in and the fans had high hopes for the kiwi. When the fight started, Makhachev kept it short and submitted Hooker with a nasty kimura in the first three minutes.
UFC 259: Makhachev vs Drew Dober
Makhachev was already on an amazing fight streak and Dober was a new challenge for the Dagestani. The fight was interesting and Dober had his moments but it wasn’t enough to stop Makhachev. The fight stopped when Makhachev submitted Dober in the 3rd round.
GHALTANA- Saad Lamjarred
UFC 242: Islam Makhachev vs Devi Ramos
Ghaltana is an extremely popular Arabic song by the artist Saad Lamjarred and has around 330 million views on YouTube. Makhachev used this song during his walkout against Devi Ramos at UFC 242. Makhachev won the fight by unanimous decision and started being considered a good fighter in the division.
Intro- DMX
It seems like during his early years in the US, Makhachev also got the opportunity to hear some rap music. The fighter walked out to the iconic ‘Intro’ song by DMX during his fight against Gleison Tibau at UFC 220. Makhachev showed in the fight that he can also finish fighters with his striking by beating Tibau via KO.
On October 20th, the Dagestani fighter is going to fight in the biggest fight of his career, there is a high chance that he uses one of these songs as his entrance music at UFC 280.
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