October 19, 2023 10: 30 am ET
ABU DHABI – Alexander Volkanovski is getting a 2nd go at accomplishing his dream of endingupbeing a two-division UFC champ.
The UFC featherweight titleholder is moving back up to 155 pounds to difficulty champ Islam Makhachev in the primary occasion of Saturday’s UFC 294 at Etihad Arena. Volkanovski (26-2 MMA, 13-1 UFC) took the battle on 12 days’ notification, as he’s changing an hurt Charles Oliveira.
Although Volkanovski has a difficult job in order to endedupbeing UFC champ-champ, his dream is to be much more. Volkanovski desires to be a protecting double champion, something that essentially hasn’t been done on the guys’s side of the UFC.
“That’s why I desired to make a point of this entire, I can keep 2 departments hectic,” Volkanovski informed pressreporters at Wednesday’s UFC