A far as Daniel Cormier is concerned, featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski will hold claim to the biggest upset in history if he’s successful at UFC 284 . Volkanovski (25-1 MMA, 12-0 UFC), who has four defenses of his 145-pound title, will move up to challenge for his second belt when he meets lightweight champion Islam Makhachev (23-1 MMA, 12-1 UFC) in the pay-per-view main event in his home country of Australia. A former teammate of Makhachev’s, Cormier long touted him as a future champion, which Makhachev fulfilled when he ran through and submitted Charles Oliveira to claim the vacant 155-pound title at UFC 280. Cormier sees him holding Volkanovski down on the mat too. That’s why, if Volkanovski wins, Cormier says it’ll surpass Julianna Peña’s submission of Amanda Nunes at UFC 269 as his biggest upset in UFC history. “In my opinion, Volkanovski wins this fight, it’s the biggest,” Cormier said on his YouTube channel.
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