Featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski will move up to the lightweight division in a champ versus champ bout against Islam Makhachev in the UFC 284 main event on February 12. Volkanovski (25-1) is the top ranked pound-for-pound fighter in the world and Makhachev (23-1) sits in the No. 2 position. The match is not only for the 155-pound championship, it’s for the No. 1 pound-for-pound recognition. Volkanovski, who’s lone career loss came in 2013, believes the better days await him in the coming year
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