UFC welterweight champion Islam Makhachev says his next fight will be "one of the last" of his career, aiming to face the winner of Carlos Prates vs Michael Morales at UFC 336 on 30 January. The 35-year-old Russian extended his record-breaking win streak to 17 fights after defeating Ian Machado Garry in August, surpassing Anderson Silva's 13-year mark. Makhachev, a former lightweight world champion, has won 29 of his 30 professional bouts. "They say Prates is too dangerous for me and Morales is too good for me.
So I want to face the best of them and prove to the world once again who is the best in world," Makhachev said. UFC president Dana White previously stated Makhachev was originally set to fight Prates in January but delayed until after Ramadan in March, prompting White to book the interim welterweight clash between Prates and Morales. Makhachev later endorsed the bout as determining "the true worthy contender." Prates, 33, enters the fight on a three-fight knockout streak, while 27-year-old Morales remains undefeated in 19 professional contests.
UFC 336 will take place in Las Vegas.
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