Arriving in Australia the day before, current UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev held his first official battle of views with Alexander Volkanovski, who will share the octagon with him in three weeks.
The title superfight in lightweight will be the main event of the UFC 284 tournament, which will be held on February 11 in Perth.
At stake will be the UFC lightweight championship belt, owned by the Russian, and the Australian, who owns the featherweight title, will risk the title of the organization’s best fighter.
Islam Makhachev currently ranks second in the P4P UFC ranking, one position behind Alexander Volkanovski.
Source: https://fighttime.ru/news/item/30579-islam-makhachev-i-aleks-volkanovski-proveli-pervuyu-bitvu-vzglyadov.html?rand=19907
