Will another Alexander Volkanovski title win at UFC 273 make him the best featherweight in history?
The fighter deemed the finest featherweight in MMA background has been through some changes in recent years.
Jose Aldo was thought of the best featherweight in UFC history – until eventually Max Holloway seemed to pass him in numerous people’s eyes. Is Alexander Volkanovski about to have the very same variety of instant and overtake Holloway?
Volkanovski (23-1 MMA, 10- UFC) will place his featherweight title on the line for the third time Saturday when he normally takes on “The Korean Zombie,” Chan Sung Jung (17-6 MMA, 7-3 UFC), in the UFC 273 key occasion.
Volkanovski has not misplaced in virtually nine yrs. He’s a perfect 10- in the UFC, including his featherweight title win in excess of Holloway, a acquire in excess of him in their July 2020 rematch, and a acquire around Brian Ortega this previous September.
Volkanovski is a enormous -850 preferred around Jung at Tipico. A get Saturday, significantly if it is an remarkable complete, could have people thinking if Volkanovski has surpassed Holloway as the ideal 145-pounder in UFC heritage.
Forward of the main event, just take a look back again at Volkanovski’s UFC 245 unanimous final decision acquire about Holloway to get the title – his crowning moment – in the movie over.
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