Javier Mendez hopes Islam Makhachev can join Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 249, but he admits it’s been tough ask. Makhachev (18-1 MMA, 7-1 UFC) has been struggling to get a fight lately and has called out many of the top 15 UFC lightweights, but to no avail, and the one top-ranked lightweight willing to fight him, Kevin Lee , is a matchup that, Mendez said, the UFC is not on board with. “Well, the UFC is the one that’s avoiding that one,” Mendez told MMA Junkie
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Coach Javier Mendez says ‘nobody wants to fight’ Islam Makhachev, understands why – MMA Junkie