The UFC returns to New York City as Islam Makhachev takes to the Octagon looking to claim the UFC welterweight championship.

The Russian takes on reigning champion Jack Della Maddalena at Madison Square Garden this weekend in a stacked card.

Makhachev, 34, vacated the lightweight belt back in May in order to move up to the welterweight division.

Maddalena is undefeated on the promotion since his UFC debut back in January 2022.

He has won every fight since - an eight-bout win streak - and that has seen him climb to the top of the welterweight rankings.

He took the belt off Belal Muhammad at UFC 315 with a unanimous decision victory in Montreal, to follow up his knockout win over Gilbert Burns at UFC 299, where his knee and elbow combination finish earned him the lucrative Perform

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