Despite holding three victories over fellow former featherweight champion, Max Holloway, Australian favorite, Alexander Volkanovski has welcomed the chance to fight the Hawaiian for a fourth time – particularly now the latter holds the symbolic BMF title.
Since he won the main event at UFC 298 in Anaheim in February, Volkanovski has been on the sidelines.
And dropping his first loss at 145lbs since his move to the Dana White-led organization, Volkanovski’s impressive title run at featherweight was halted in blistering fashion by the unbeaten, Ilia Topuria – who finished the New South Wales native with a stunning second round KO.
Holloway was the featherweight king who most recently appeared at UFC 300, last month. In the fifth-round highlight reel, he knocked out Justin Gaethje, winning the BMF belt.
Alexander Volkanovski is pleased with Max Holloway’s BMF clash
Weighing up potential title fights against both champions, Islam Makhachev, and Ilia Topuria, respectively – Holloway may have a chance to fight Volkanovski in the future for a…
