Islam Makhachev’s famous quote, “Brahthar, send 2-3 years Dagestan and forget”, staunch follower became undefeated at PFL and claims to fight at UFC Noche

Brahyan Zurcher, is currently the undefeated Mexican PFL contender. He is supposedly set to fight at UFC Noche on September 13. The former 9-0 featherweight’s claim has not been verified or stated anywhere by the UFC and is still revolving around talks.

Zurcher just showed the world how good Dagestani wrestlers are, as he has clearly benefitted from the knowledge and is undefeated in PFL, a similar resume of Dagestani wrestlers in UFC.

According to popular consensus, the Dagestanis have now taken over the MMA world with a non-conventional style of wrestling, but still shows superiority in terms of octagon control and dominance compared to well-established art forms like Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, Judo, Karate, boxing, orthodox wrestling, Muay Thai and kickboxing.


Watch Islam with Zurcher, his first student at a restaurant, in the video shared by Redcorner.mma's X handle:


Zurcher, who claims to have made it to the UFC, is a stark reminder to people on just how popular and important wrestling has become in the game, especially the Dagestani style of wrestling, popularized by Khabib Nurmagomedov, the forebear of Islam and is widely regarded as the standard bearer of Dagestani wrestling.

Here’s a transcript of their full conversation:

Islam, sitting with the Zurcher, in what looks like a restaurant setting, said, “Hey guys, I am with first time follower of 2-3 years Dagestan. How many years?”, he asks Zurcher. To which he responds, “5 weeks”. Islam responds with “No, no, no five weeks, minimum two three years”, to which Zurcher responds with, “Okay, I stay here two three years”, almost forcefully. Islam breaks him in between to ask, “Explain to people, when you gonna fight?”, to which Zurcher responds with, “I came here because September 13, I have my UFC debut. I have the best, get help from Islam. I will win my first fight, Inshallah.”

To which Islam responded humorously with, “But brother first two days, you eating , eating all day,” to which Zurcher responds by saying, “Okay, today only holiday, Monday we start training diet and everything. Right now I’m gonna make weight”. Islam asks, “How is the Khinkali, (Georgian dumplings),” to which Zurcher responded by saying, “Khinkali very good.”