The UFC lightweight title bout between Islam Makhachev and Alexander Volkanovski did not disappoint.
The decision may have been unanimous but it was not as convincing as Makhachev might have liked, and before the combatants left the octagon fans and other fighters were calling for a rematch as soon as possible.
After submitting Charles Oliveira to claim the lightweight belt last October, Makhachev called out Volkanovski, UFC champion at featherweight, a division 10 pounds below the organisation’s 155-pound lightweight mark and widely regarded as one of the sport’s pound-for-pound greats. “Why am I the best right now? Because I beat the best fighter in the world. That’s why I deserve this more – and if somebody wants to be the best, I am ready. Come in,” Makhachev said defiantly.
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