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Islam Makhachev's Reported UFC Welterweight Title Defense Reignites Huge UFC Rivalry
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Islam Makhachev's Reported UFC Welterweight Title Defense Reignites Huge UFC Rivalry

MMA Knockout On SI·Zain Bando·about 1 month ago
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The UFC's summer schedule is beginning to take shape, as is a reportedly planned UFC 330 main event in Philadelphia, PA., Saturday, Aug. 15. According to Eurosports' Álvaro Colmenero, the UFC is trying to set up Islam Makhachev's first UFC welterweight title defense against Irish superstar Ian Machado Garry to top the UFC's first event with a championship fight in Philadelphia since Aug. 2009. "I said it a while back, but the fight that's being negotiated is Islam Makhachev vs. Ian Garry, according to my sources," Colmenero tweeted Saturday morning. "[Michael] Morales is already out of this title shot. Presumably, it'll be in August in Philadelphia, at UFC 330, though Islam [Makhachev] has already pointed toward the IFW in some message." The UFC has yet to confirm Colmenero's reporting, but what it did cause is mass confusion between Makhachev and Garry across social media.…

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