Callout Quotes by Islam Makhachev

All Callout statements made by Islam Makhachev across interviews, press conferences, and social media.

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Nov 11, 2025 callout
“It's going to happen. It is maybe the biggest fight. Biggest fight everybody knows it, and I also want it, and I think next year [2026] is the best time”

– via Adin Ross's YouTube Channel, expressing interest in fighting Ilia Topuria
— Islam Makhachev
Nov 2, 2025 callout
“I think so. It would be nice. The fans are interested, and so am I. This fight is the main thing that people are talking about.[I'll be doing it for the fans] How can it be interesting to me? What will I gain by going down to 155 [pounds] and beating Topuria? Win the belt again? I already have it. The fans are mostly interested in it. I'm not interested in cutting down to 155 [pounds] and torturing myself again. I'm interested in fighting at 170 [pounds], eating, enjoying the camp, and fighting”

– answered questions about a potential Ilia Topuria fight, via Match TV.
— Islam Makhachev
Oct 27, 2025 callout
“If you’re talking about our fight, I have a good fight now and I know he’s going to fight soon and we’ll see what’s going to happen. He wants to fight at the White House and I also want to be there. For the MMA community, it’s going to be a big fight. People want this fight and if UFC wants this fight, then we can do this...I know UFC wants to do some big fight in White House. Which fight is going to be bigger than this?”

– callout to fight Ilia Topuria at the UFC White House PPV next year via ESPN MMA
— Islam Makhachev