UFC featherweight champion and current top pound-for-pound fighter Alexander Volkanovski has been open about a possible jump to 155 pounds. He even made weight and is officially the backup for this weekend’s UFC 280 headliner between Charles Oliveira and Islam Makhachev, and expects the next 155-pound title shot for himself.
Makhachev isn’t so fond of the idea of fighting a shorter opponent. “Do Bronx,” however, is willing to take the challenge, but on his terms. As he said during the UFC 280 media day (quotes by MMA Fighting):
“It all depends on how this fight [with Makhachev] will go, so we see what we’ll do, but my timing is to fight here and fight in Brazil.