While the MMA world has spent a lot of time and energy looking forward to UFC 300 there's a compelling UFC 298 card headlined by Alexander Volkanovski and Ilia Topuria to whet those appetites for fisticuffs.
Volkanovski has already established himself as one of the greatest featherweights of all time. Now he's trying to fight Father Time to take that reputation to an even higher level.
The 35-year-old has continued to fight at an elite level in a division that has not been kind to aging fighters in the past. His two attempts to go up and capture the lightweight crown came up short against Islam Makhachev but he has turned away Yair Rodriguez and Max Holloway in each of his last two bouts in his home weight class.