Islam Makhachev said he knew after 72 seconds – or the first time he took Jack Della Maddalena down – that he was going to win himself the UFC welterweight title inside Madison Square Garden.

The declaration comes as the new UFC king says he is ready for whoever the UFC throws at him -- a staggering list including the likes of Ilia Topuria, Kamaru Usman, Shavkat Rakhmonov, Michael Morales and Carlos Prates.

But as for who specifically he wants?

“Everyone,” Makhachev grinned. “They’re all killers who want to take my belt ... but I’m going to take my belt many times more”.

Makhachev also took aim at controversial American fighter Dillon Danis for brawling with members of his team inside the Madison Square Garden crowd , saying: “When you talk [bad] about someone for the last five yea

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