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Islam Makhachev Pitches Dynamo Stadium For UFC’s First Dagestan Card
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Islam Makhachev wants the UFC to bring the Octagon to Dagestan, and he has already selected a venue in Makhachkala.
His pitch surfaced days before he defends the 170-pound title against Ian Machado Garry in the UFC 330 main event in Philadelphia.
An Instagram post published Aug. 7, h/t Red Corner MMA, presented Makhachev’s venue proposal in full:“We should hold a UFC event in Dagestan.
If the UFC event actually happens here, we need the Dynamo Stadium for it.
Their capacity is like 20K plus and the capacity at a UFC event is like 30K.