Ilia Topuria is happy to run it back with Alexander Volkanovski, but he won’t do it in The Land Down Under.
In February, ‘El Matador’ secured a second-round TKO against ‘The Great’ to claim the featherweight title. On Saturday, Topuria will put his shiny new belt on the line for the very first time when he meets division staple Max Holloway in the UFC 308 headliner in Abu Dhabi.
Should Topuria pass his test against ‘Blessed’ in the UAE, he could find himself tasked with once again taking out Volkanovski in a rematch that feels almost inevitable.