Alexander Volkanovski announced Monday that he’s the official backup for the upcoming UFC lightweight title fight. Volkanovski, who holds the featherweight title, said that he’s been medically cleared to fight from a hand injury and that the UFC is keeping him on reserve in case either Charles Oliveira or Islam Makhachev were to pull out of their vacant championship bout later this month. Oliveira and Makhachev are scheduled to fight in the main event of UFC 280 , which is set to take place Oct. 22 in Abu Dhabi. “We’re locked in as a backup fighter,” Volkanovski said on his YouTube channel . “I’ve been calling it, I said I wanted it, just had to make sure the hand was all good, so we’re all good
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