⚽ The record that waited 13 years

Islam Makhachev — former lightweight champion who moved up a division and immediately claimed the welterweight belt — has just rewritten UFC history. At UFC 330 in Philadelphia, he defended his title against Ireland's Ian Machado Garry with his 17th straight UFC win, breaking Anderson Silva's record that had stood since 2012.

The numbers are blunt: 12 minutes of control time to Garry's 34 seconds, seven unanswered takedowns. Machado Garry survived, scrapped, and bloodied Makhachev's face — and still lost by unanimous decision. The record now reads 29–1, and as BBC Sport notes, the debate over the greatest UFC fighter ever is no longer a hypothetical.

Silva's record waited 13 years for a new owner. It found one — not the loudest guy at the press conference.