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Brian Ortega says he’s “a deadly opponent” for Alexander Volkanovski: “I put him in the most danger he’s ever been in his career”
Brian Ortega believes he is a dangerous opponent for Alexander Volkanovski and is confident he will prove that if they rematch. Ortega and Volkanovski fought in the main event of UFC 266 for the featherweight title but it was the Aussie who won the fight by decision. However, in the scrap, Ortega had the champ […]
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Alex Volkanovksi reveals what he was saying to Max Holloway during their trilogy fight at UFC 276
Alex Volkanovski has revealed what he was saying to Max Holloway during their trilogy fight at UFC 276. It was Alex Volkanovski (25-1 MMA) vs Max Holloway (23-7 MMA) in a featherweight bout at UFC 276 on July 2nd in the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The trilogy fight proved to be a trilogy victory […]
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Alexander Volkanovksi set for surgery after suffering a broken thumb in trilogy fight with Max Holloway (Photo)
Alexander Volkanovski is set to have surgery after suffering a broken thumb in the trilogy fight with Max Holloway. Volkanovski (25-1 MMA) vs Holloway (23-7 MMA) took place last Saturday, July 2nd at UFC 276. It was to be a victory for ‘The Great’ by unanimous decision. Although Volkanovski retained his featherweight title, he did […]
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Alexander Volkanovski thought the doctor should’ve stopped the fight due to Max Holloway’s cut: “I seen his bone”
Alexander Volkanovski thought the cut above Max Holloway’s eye should have stopped their fight at UFC 276. Volkanovski landed a big shot to Holloway’s eye that split his eyebrow into two. It was a big cut that was bleeding quite a bit, but the cutman did a very good job which allowed the fight to […]
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What’s next for the stars of UFC 276?
The UFC returned to the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada for UFC 276 as International Fight Week returned with two titles on the line. In the main event, Israel Adesanya was looking to defend his middleweight title as he took on Jared Cannonier. In the co-headliner, Alexander Volkanovski was looking to defend his featherweight […]
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Alex Volkanovski responds after Aljamain Sterling suggests he could take him down and submit him rather easily
Alex Volkanovski has reacted to Aljamain Sterling’s suggestion that he’d be able to submit the featherweight king. Last Saturday night at UFC 276, Alex Volkanovski put on a real show as he managed to defeat Max Holloway with a resounding decision win to successfully defend the UFC featherweight championship. ‘The Great’ proved why he’s one […]
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Alex Volkanovski wants to “move up” following dominant win over Max Holloway at UFC 276: “I don’t think this division itself can keep me busy”
UFC Featherweight Champion Alex Volkanovski is looking for a challenge outside of 145 pounds. Volkanovski went one-on-one with Max Holloway a third time in the co-main event of UFC 276. This was a dominant showing from Volkanovski, who was just too fast for Holloway. “The Great” took a unanimous decision victory to close the door […]
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Pros react after Alex Volkanovski defeats Max Holloway at UFC 276
Tonight’s UFC 276 event was co-headlined by a featherweight title fight featuring Alex Volkanovski taking on Max Holloway. Volkanovski (25-1 MMA) entered the match with a very impressive 21 wins in a row, his latest being against Chan Sung Jung (17-7 MMA) at UFC 273 in April of this year. Meanwhile, Max Holloway (23-7 MMA) […]
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UFC 276 Results: Alexander Volkanovski defeats Max Holloway (Highlights)
Tonight’s UFC 276 event is co-headlined by a featherweight title fight featuring Alex Volkanovski taking on Max Holloway. Volkanovski (24-1 MMA) is coming into the match with a very impressive 21 wins in a row, his latest being against Chan Sung Jung (17-7 MMA) at UFC 273 in April of this year. Meanwhile, Max Holloway […]
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UFC 276 | Pro fighters make their picks for Alexander Volkanovski vs. Max Holloway 3 title fight
In the co-main event of UFC 276, the featherweight title is up for grabs as Alexander Volkanovski takes on Max Holloway for the third time. Heading into the fight, Volkanovski is a -215 favorite while the challenger is a +164 underdog on FanDuel. Ahead of the fight, BJPENN.com reached out to pro fighters to get […]
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Alexander Volkanovski plans to test Max Holloway’s “legendary chin” early at UFC 276: “I feel like that chin has to go soon”
Alexander Volkanovski plans to go at Max Holloway early and often. In the co-main event of UFC 276, Volkanovski and Holloway are set for their trilogy match. Although Volkanovski has won both of the previous fights, the second win was a split decision so they will be running it back for the third time. In […]
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Max Holloway hits back at Alexander Volkanovski trilogy winner being featherweight GOAT: “Do we forget the man Jose Aldo?”
UFC featherweight Max Holloway doesn’t believe himself or Alexander Volkanovski is the greatest featherweight ever. ‘Blessed’ is set to collide with ‘The Great’ this Saturday at UFC 276 in Las Vegas. It’ll be the third time they’ve clashed, as they had two prior fights in 2019 and 2020. Both bouts were won by Volkanovski by […]
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Demetrious Johnson weighs in on Henry Cejudo’s callouts of current UFC champions Aljamain Sterling and Alex Volkanovski
Demetrious Johnson has given his thoughts on Henry Cejudo’s chances against Aljamain Sterling and Alex Volkanovski. After re-entering the USADA testing pool a few months ago, it probably isn’t going to take long for Henry Cejudo to get back into a UFC title fight. After all, when he first retired in 2020, he was a […]
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Max Holloway interested in move to lightweight after Alexander Volkanovski trilogy: “There’s interesting fights up there”
UFC featherweight Max Holloway is intrigued by a move to 155-pounds after his fight with Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 276. The 30-year-old is set to face the UFC featherweight champion this Saturday in Las Vegas. ‘Blessed’ will look to defeat ‘The Great’ for the first time in their series. Volkanovski holds two prior decision victories […]
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Max Holloway vows to finish Alexander Volkanovski inside three rounds at UFC 276 to reclaim featherweight title
Max Holloway is confident he will become the UFC’s featherweight champion again at UFC 276. Holloway is set to face Alexander Volkanovski in the co-main event in their trilogy match. Although Volkanovski has won both their fights, the second one was controversial as many thought Holloway won, so this time around he plans to not […]
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Khabib Nurmagomedov explains why he’s picking Alex Volkanovksi to defeat Max Holloway for a third time at UFC 276
Khabib Nurmagomedov has explained why he’s picking Alex Volkanovski to defeat Max Holloway in their trilogy fight. It will be Alex Volkanovski (24-1 MMA) vs Max Holloway (23-6 MMA) at UFC 276 on Saturday, July 2nd, 2022 at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada. Volkanovski is coming into the match with a very impressive 21 […]
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Dana White gives Alex Volkanovski the green light to fight for the UFC lightweight title: “That guy can do whatever he wants to do”
UFC president Dana White has confirmed he wouldn’t stand in the way of Alex Volkanovski moving up to lightweight. In less than two weeks, Alex Volkanovski will attempt to finally put an end to his historic rivalry with Max Holloway. The two will battle it out over the UFC featherweight title for the third time […]
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Alexander Volkanovski targeting lightweight title fight with Charles Oliveira after Max Holloway trilogy: “He can be beat”
UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski is eyeing a fight with Charles Oliveira. ‘The Great’ is set to face Max Holloway in their trilogy bout next month at UFC 276. As of now, Volkanovski sits at 2-0 in his series with ‘Blessed’. Ahead of his trilogy fight, the Australian has targeted a move to lightweight. The […]
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Alexander Volkanovski’s coach explains why Charles Oliveira is a harder matchup than Islam Makhachev
Alexander Volkanovski has hinted at a move to lightweight and his coach Eugene Bareman has broken down how he’d do against top lightweights. Volkanovski is set to defend his featherweight title at UFC 276 as he will face Max Holloway for the third time in an intriguing matchup. Should he win, he has said he […]
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Sean O’Malley believes a third loss to Alex Volkanovski could damage Max Holloway’s legacy: “You can’t consider him one of the greatest”
Sean O’Malley has weighed in on the upcoming Alex Volkanovski vs Max Holloway trilogy fight. Alex Volkanovski (24-1 MMA) and Max Holloway (23-6 MMA) have already met in the Octagon twice. It was to be ‘The Great’ who won both fights. At UFC 245 in December of 2019, Volkanovski defeated Holloway by unanimous decision. At […]
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Alexander Volkanovski not worried by lightweight move: ‘I don’t look at this as that big of a challenge”
UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski isn’t afraid of the jump to 155 pounds. ‘The Great’ is scheduled for his trilogy bout with Max Holloway this summer. However, that doesn’t mean that Volkanovski hasn’t thought about what could be after that bout. He’s repeatedly discussed a move up to lightweight. Alexander Volkanovski has teased a move […]
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UFC 276 lineup announced including two title fights
The card for UFC 276 has been announced with two title fights, including Israel Adesanya vs Jared Cannonier, being confirmed. The International Fight Week card is always pretty important for the Ultimate Fighting Championship with the promotion going all out in order to create a real buzz around the product. Every year we tend to […]
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Alexander Volkanovski vs. Max Holloway 3 set for UFC 276
Alexander Volkanovski and Max Holloway will finally be having their trilogy match. According to MMAJunkie, which was first mentioned by Ariel Helwani, Volkanovski vs. Holloway 3 has been agreed to for UFC 276 on July 2 in Las Vegas. The fight is expected to serve as the co-main event as Israel Adesanya vs. Jared Cannonier […]
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Alex Volkanovski urges The Korean Zombie to reconsider retirement talk: “If you were in front of someone else that night, it wouldn’t have looked that way”
Alex Volkanovski is urging The Korean Zombie to reconsider the talk of retirement. The Korean Zombie, Jung Chan-sung, 35, (17-7 MMA) last fought at UFC 273 earlier this month, where he went down to defeat against Alexander Volkanovski (24-1 MMA) in the featherweight battle. The fighter has had an on again – off again record […]
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Brendan Schaub gives thoughts on Conor McGregor vs. Alexander Volkanovski lightweight showdown: “It’s a no-brainer”
Brendan Schaub seems to think that a proposed lightweight bout between Conor McGregor and Alexander Volkanovski makes sense. ‘The Great’ is fresh off a victory over Chan Sung Jung at UFC 273 earlier this month. Following the bout, the UFC featherweight champion opined that a move upwards might make sense. With not many matchups left […]
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Henry Cejudo responds after Michael Bisping suggests that he’s not big enough to beat Alexander Volkanovski
Henry Cejudo has rejected Michael Bisping’s opinion that he is too small to overcome UFC featherweight champion Alex Volkanovski. Last week, Henry Cejudo announced that he will be re-entering the USADA testing pool with the intention of returning to active competition. It comes almost two years after his initial retirement from mixed martial arts at […]
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Islam Makhachev tells Alexander Volkanovski to hold his horses and stay at featherweight: “LW title fight is mine”
Islam Makhachev isn’t a fan of Alexander Volkanovski thinking he could get a lightweight title fight. Volkanovski is coming off a TKO win over Korean Zombie at UFC 273 to defend his featherweight title for the third time. It was an impressive performance and after the win, Volkanovski said he didn’t know what would be […]
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Alex Volkanovski shares his thoughts on Korean Zombie stoppage at UFC 273: “Sometimes people being so tough, it’s worse for their own good”
UFC featherweight champion Alex Volkanovski has suggested The Korean Zombie was “too tough” for his own good at UFC 273. In the main event on Saturday night, Alex Volkanovski put on an absolute clinic to defeat Chan Sung Jung, aka The Korean Zombie, and retain his belt. “The Great” lived up to his nickname with […]