The UFC’s pound-for-pound No1 and No2 Alexander Volkanovski and Islam Makhachev sq. off tonight to resolve who's the most effective fighter within the sport. Volkanovski, the present featherweight champion, strikes as much as light-weight to problem Makhachev for his 155lb strap.
In doing so, he can be bidding to grow to be solely the fifth champ-champ in UFC historical past behind Conor McGregor, Daniel Cormier, Amanda Nunes and Henry Cejudo. However it gained’t come simply.
Makhachev, a protégé of the nice Khabib Nurmagomedov, just lately defeated long-time champion Charles Oliveira in a dominant exhibiting that established him as an elite-level expertise and is available in because the odds-on favorite.
Combat time/venue
Tonight’s occasion is about to happen on the RAC Enviornment in Perth, Australia. Prelims get underway from midnight within the UK with the principle card following from 3am and the principle occasion at 6am.
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TV Channel/stay stream
As at all times BT Sport 1 would be the solely place to observe the blockbuster UFC card with protection ranging from 1AM. The cardboard will be live-streamed all on all good internet-connected units through the broadcaster’s app and web site.
Undercard
Primary card
Islam Makhachev vs Alexander Volkanovski – UFC Light-weight title combat
Yair Rodriguez vs Josh Emmett – interim UFC Featherweight title combat
Jack Della Maddalena vs Randy Brown
Justin Tafa vs Parker Porter
Jimmy Crute vs Alonzo Menifield
Preliminary card
Tyson Pedro vs Modestas Bukauskas
Joshua Culibao vs Melsik Baghdasaryan
Shannon Ross vs Kleydson Rodrigues
Jamie Mullarkey vs Francisco Prado
Early preliminary card
Jack Jenkins vs Don Shainis
Loma Lookboonmee vs Elise Reed
Shane Younger vs Blake Bilder
Zubaira Tukhugov vs Elves Brenner
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Quotes
Makhachev: “It’s not attainable [for Volkanovski to win] as a result of I’m the champion and we combat 155. This isn't his space, this different energy, different division. I’m gonna beat him. Simple ... He carry some guys from the jiu-jitsu, however this isn't the identical. This isn't going to be jiu-jitsu, that is gonna be MMA strain on the bottom. He feels that Craig Jones can not management him on the bottom, however this can be a totally different.”
Volkanovski: “We studied him. Clearly, once more, you gotta respect your opponent to actually know what they’re good at. Supposedly, he doesn’t actually respect me as an opponent, he’s considering I’m going to be straightforward. Hopefully, he did his analysis like we did, as a result of you must with fights like this. That is two of the most effective going at it, and I wish to show I’m the most effective and I’m going to point out you why I deserve that primary pound-for-pound.”