There is a five-bout main card highlighted by a lightweight title fight between two of the best pound-for-pound strikers in the sport, Islam Makhachev and Alexander Volkanovski. Makhachev is ranked as the second-best pound-for-pound fighter in the UFC, behind only Volkanovski. He enters with a 23-1 career record and has won four fights by
Back in 2021 at UFC 287, Chimaev extended his record to 10-0 after his submitted Li "The Leech" Jingliang in the first round, earning a Performance of the Night bonus. UFC 294: Makhachev vs
October 20th, 2023 7:20 pm. ABU DHABI — Alexander Volkanovski is all set for one of the biggest fights in Australian sports history this Sunday after shedding a staggering 12kg in 11 days
11-Fight Win Streak. Both Makhachev and Volkanovski step into this weekend’s super fight on win streaks, meaning only one will remain. Since making his UFC debut on May 23, 2015, Makhachev has Islam Makhachev notched a career-defining win over Alexander Volkanovski in the main event of UFC 294. He put a definitive stamp on a matchup that was oh, so close in the first fight. With a
MMA Fighting’s 2023 Fight of the Year: Islam Makhachev vs. Alexander Volkanovski 1. MMA fans are no strangers to seeing champion vs. champion fights dangled in front of them for years before
At 5-feet 6-inches, (1.68 meters) featherweight titleholder Volkanovski will give up four inches in height and 15 pounds in weight to Makhachev (23 wins, 1 loss) when he moves up a division for the lightweight title fight, the main event of UFC 284 on Sunday in Perth, capital of Western Australia state. Conor McGregor reacts, calls UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev and UFC featherweight titleholder Alexander Volkanovski "pound-for-pound wafflers" despite their epic, "Fight of the Night
Main Event: Islam Makhachev vs Alexander Volkanovski Islam Makhachev Key Stats: 0.95 strikes absorbed per minute (1st all-time), 65.9% takedown accuracy, 46.3% top position percentage (4th all
