Featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski's chance at a second title will come at UFC 284 when he faces lightweight champ Islam Makhachev on Feb. 11.
The stakes have never been higher after confirmation Alexander Volkanovski now has a shot on home soil at becoming the first Australian to own two belts at ...
Featherweight champ Alexander Volkanovski is set to challenge for Islam Makhachev's lightweight title at UFC 284 in Perth, Australia.
Volkanovski will have the opportunity to make history in his home country as he looks to become a...
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Alexander Volkanovski will look to stake his claim as Australia's greatest MMA star when he fights for the lightweight championship against Islam Makhachev ...
A lightweight title fight between Islam Makhachev and Alexander Volkanovski has been finalized for UFC 284 this February in Australia.
The superfight is on. Recently crowned UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev has been granted his request as the native of Dagestan will take on ...
Volkanovski will have the opportunity to make history in his home country as he looks to become a...
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The UFC confirmed that featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski and lightweight champion Islam Makhachev will square off at UFC 284.
The other currently scheduled fight is a middleweight clash between highly ranked Paulo Costa and former champion and Aussie Robert Whittaker. The protege of legend Khabib Nurmagomedov, Makhachev is 23-1 and hasnโt lost since 2015. UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev and featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski will square off on Feb.
The battle to determine the UFC's best pound-for-pound fighter will go down on Feb.
He is 25-1 with 22 straight wins. The LW belt & P4P status are ๐๐๐๐๐พ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ on the line ๐@MakhachevMMA takes on @AlexVolkanovski in the #UFC284 main event!
[ Feb. Four of his last five victories have come via submission. He has won his last 11 matches. Get your tickets early at https://t.co/UocfFo1z8h ๐ ] pic.twitter.com/U1jZDEsnlw Volkanovski has done all he can in the featherweight division after winning the belt against Max Holloway at UFC 245 in December 2019 and defending the title four times.