Madison Square Garden is one of combat sports' biggest stages. Show off here and the world will take notice. Islam Makhachev , the UFC's newest two-division champion, and Valentina Shevchenko , the undisputed flyweight queen, did just that.

They weren't the only ones, either. Fan favorite Carlos Prates is back in the championship picture, as is Michael Morales , who was not intimidated by veteran Sean Brady , getting a first-round knockout and the respect of New York.

Makhachev is better at welterweight

Makhachev said he was going to be better at 170 pounds, but of course, I wanted to see it before believing it. What is a fighter going to say? That he's going to be worse in a new weight class? Makhachev told me a few weeks ago he felt he was about 60 to 70% of himself at lig

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