Alexander Volkanovski has not entered the octagon since February 2024 when he suffered a second-round knockout loss to Ilia Topuria at UFC 298, losing the featherweight title in the process.

Beneil Dariush approves of Ilia Topuria getting an immediate title shot at lightweight. Topuria (16-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) vacated ...

Alexander Volkanovski can become UFC featherweight champion again without avenging his loss to Ilia Topuria. UFC CEO Dana White announced Wednesday evening that Volkanovski will fight Diego Lopes for ...

Volkanovski's arguably the greatest featherweight of all time, 16-1 at 145lbs with wins over Jose Aldo, Max Holloway (twice), Yair Rodriguez, and more. Volkanovski, 36, had hoped to rematch Topuria in ...

Ilia Topuria teases a major announcement after vacating his UFC featherweight title to move up to the lightweight division.

For a long time, Ilia Topuria and Paddy Pimblett's heated rivalry was restricted to social media, interviews and rare ...

Michael Bisping thinks Ilia Topuria leaving featherweight worked out well for Alexander Volkanovski. Topuria (16-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) decided to vacate his 145-pound title for a move up to lightweight ...

Alexander Volkanovski is confident that UFC 314 will end with him defeating Diego Lopes to reclaim the featherweight title to kickstart a second championship run. During his title reign, ‘The Great’ ...

Ilia Topuria is vacating the UFC featherweight ... "That's motivation, man," Zalal told MMA Knockout. "If you don't look at it as an inspiring thing to go and to see what he done to the ...