UFC’s featherweight king Alexander Volkanovski will defend his crown against No. #5 ranked contender Ilia Topuria Saturday in an ESPN+ PPV event coming from the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif.
The main card will start at 10 p.m. ET.
Prelims start at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN and will be simulcast on ESPN+ Early prelims take place exclusively on ESPN+
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Volkanovski is UFC’s most dominant active champion with five title defenses, while Topuria puts his undefeated 14-0 record on the line, while challenging for the UFC featherweight belt.
The co-main event features a bout between former UFC Middleweight champion Robert Whittaker (25-7) against the No. 6-ranked veteran Paulo Costa (14-2).
Other notable fighters on the card include:
- Ian Garry – Undefeated (13-0) prospect representing Ireland
- Merab Dvalishvili vs Henry Cejudo (Bantamweight Bout)
- Henry Cejudo is a former Olympic and UFC (Flyweight and Bantamweight) champion
- Merab Dvalishvili – Georgian Bantamweight contender currently on a nine-fight win streak
AP Story
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Alexander Volkanovski wore a flat cap and old-man glasses to his news conference for UFC 298 this week, poking fun at the persistent notion that the 35-year-old kingpin of the featherweight division is headed into his golden years.
Unbeaten challenger Ilia Topuria is only eight years younger, yet he also played into his prescribed role as the upstart challenger when he impishly snatched the UFC championship belt off the table in front of Volkanovski at the same news conference, setting off a mild skirmish.
Topuria is profoundly confident he will end Volkanovski’s four-year reign at 145 pounds on Saturday night at Honda Center, but the champ isn’t ready to shuffle off to retirement anytime soon.
Although Volkanovski has lost twice in the past year to lightweight champ Islam Makhachev in two failed bids to become a two-division champion, the 5-foot-6 Australian veteran is still perfect in the weight class that suits him best. He…
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