Islam Makhachev denies he’s affected by Staph an infection
Throughout the UFC 302 pre-fight press convention, Makhachev was requested to deal with hypothesis of a staph an infection on his left leg.
“Don’t fear guys, I had a [very good] coaching camp,” Makhachev stated. “Nothing is bothering me, and I’ll be 100% on Saturday night time.”
As of this writing, there’s no direct proof that Makhachev is affected by staph, though he might probably open up extra on the leg bruising after UFC 302.
After addressing on-line hypothesis, Makhachev will flip his consideration in direction of weight-cutting and making remaining preparations for UFC 302. The Khabib Nurmagomedov protégé is on a 13-fight profitable streak, together with his vacant title win over Charles Oliveira at UFC 280.
Benoît Saint-Denis suffered from a staph an infection main as much as his knockout loss to Poirier at UFC 299 in March. After the defeat, he opened up on how the an infection impacted his coaching camp and his bodily readiness.
Whether or not or not Makhachev is legitimately affected by a staph an infection, he seems laser-focused forward of his combat with Poirier. He continues to enhance his general MMA recreation, as evidenced by his most up-to-date victory over Volkanovski at UFC 294.
Makhachev’s reply to hypothesis of an infection seemingly received’t tone down skeptics, however he seems assured in his preparation.