“Knocked out before a blackout and caught on steroids – P4P’s reigning number one. What a sport!”, the Irishman wrote on social media and posted a picture of the Russian lying knocked out.
In October 2015, Islam Makhachev suffered the only defeat of his career when he lost by first-round technical knockout to Adriano Martins at UFC 292 in Houston. A year later, the Russian was disqualified by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency for meldonium, but two months later Makhachev was cleared because he took the drug after heart surgery, even before the World Anti-Doping Agency WADA included the substance on the list of prohibited substances.
Since his defeat to the Brazilian, Islam Makhachev has won thirteen consecutive victories, including three title fights. After winning the vacant championship belt against Charles Oliveira, the Russian fighter defended his title twice this year by winning a unanimous decision over Alex Volkanovski and then knocking out the Australian in a rematch.
Conor McGregor, who two years ago broke his leg in the final fight of the trilogy against Dustin Puryear, plans to resume his professional career next year with a fight against American Michael Chandler.