Islam Makhachev Has To Send His Mother A Selfie After Every Fight To Prove He's Okay (Because She Never Watches)
Sometimes it's hard for me to relate to UFC Lightweight Champion Islam Makhachev - the #1 pound-for-pound fighter on the planet. Just speaking personally, I always figured our interest in mixed martial arts was probably the only thing we had in common in the slightest; I didn't grow up in the mountains of Dagestan, I didn't wrestle bears when I was little, I wasn't born and bred to become one of the greatest fighters the world has ever seen, and I can't even grow a beard. The connection on our venn diagram is so narrow you could barely slide a credit card through it.
Today, though, I realized we have something else in common - something we could all relate to....we both have mothers who get worried sick about us.
After making quick work of Renato Moicano last night, Makhachev was backstage and caught on camera by Red Corner MMA snapping a selfie to send to his mother (who apparently never watches his fights). Mrs. Makhachev just wants proof that her son is okay after each and every win, and that he didn't sustain too much damage. I think this is actually the first thing I've ever heard from this camp I'd consider wholesome and dare I say - adorable.
I'm not gonna lie, though, my first thought was that Mama Makhachev must've been worried sick after the first Alexander Volkanovski fight and last year's scrap in Jersey against Dustin Poirier!
Can he cheat the post-fight selfies somehow? Take one backstage before the fight that you keep in the holster just in case? Just make sure the lighting is horrible or someone's finger is over the lens or the resolution comes out so blurry? Toss on a pair of sweet sunglasses and say they were a post-fight present from Uncle Dana? I don't know - something tells me it ain't easy to bullshit the woman who raised Islam Makhachev, though.
Another post-UFC 311 clip worth bringing up and including in this blog is this insane excerpt from Jiri Prochazka's interview with Megan Olivi….
“I took two fucking crazy guys from my village….I will bring them to my hotel….and they will see something.”
Jeez Jiri! Chill out! Children are watching! We don't need to hear about your freaky escapades right now! Just say you're gonna take your team out for a nice meal or something like everyone else and then get your demon time on in the privacy of your hotel room. Saying they'll see "something" just makes my mind go to the worst places ever and I don't wanna think about that. I don't even wanna know a single detail about what his night was like with those two fucking crazy guys from his village. Keep it to yourself Jiri!