He made his debut at Tsumada Fighting Championship 4 against Magomed Bekbolatov which, he won via unanimous decision.
Then islam will get a top10 opponent.
He next defeated Chris Wade and Nik Lentz via unanimous decision to regain his momentum.
Beneil Dariush is a very skilled striker and is also incredible on the grappling side.
The Dagestani phenom further argued that the featherweight division has a number of contenders for Volkanovski to lock horns with and stay active inside the octagon.
As for Makhachev, he will likely get paired up against Beneil Dariush, the forgotten man in the division who is currently and is riding a highly-impressive seven-fight win streak.