UFC: Dana White has confirmed featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski will step in for Charles Oliveira at UFC 294 to face lightweight champion Islam Makhachev.
Dana confirms Volk will replace Oliveira | 01:00Alexander Volkanovski’s decision to fight for the UFC lightweight title on 11 days notice has seen him rewarded with a huge new contract deal which, his agent says, now makes him one the highest paid fighters not named Conor McGregor.
Tszyu defends his WBO super welterweight strap against American Brian Mendoza on the Gold Coast this Sunday.UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski leaves the Octagon after defeating interim featherweight champion Yair Rodriguez during UFC 290 at T-Mobile Arena on July 08, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Volkanovski retained his title with a third-round TKO.
Volkanovski is also only recently recovered from elbow surgery, but will now jet out for Abu Dhabi on Sunday. “Because if Volk gets off the couch and puts Makhachev away,” Belcastro said, “well, you have to ask ‘how good is he?’.”And as for the new UFC deal earned by his willingness to throw down? “It’s not just money, either. There is a whole lot more around it and he has been given some really good guarantees.“But with Alex, as a featherweight … he’s doing really well.
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