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ANAHEIM, Calif. - Alexander Volkanovski played up his age this week, wearing clothes befitting a grandpa, old-man glasses and pretending to fall asleep at the prefight news conference.
Volkanovski is not actually old. He's just 35. But, technically, that is an advanced age for a UFC featherweight champion. In fact, no male fighter at lightweight or below has ever won a title fight after turning 35 years old.
That has been the biggest storyline leading into Volkanovski's title defense against Ilia Topuria in the main event of UFC 298 on Saturday night here at Honda Center.