Alexander Volkanovski isn’t going away anytime soon
Alexander Volkanovski has done it again.
In the first defense of his second reign as featherweight champion, Volkanovski won a clear-cut unanimous decision over Diego Lopes in Saturday’s UFC 325 main event to retain his title.
With the win, Volkanovski now has six successful title defenses to his name and he ties the legendary Jose Aldo for the most UFC featherweight title fight wins in company history. This is also the second straight time Volkanovski has beaten Lopes after he outpointed him in similar fashion at UFC 314 this past April.
That win made Volkanovski the oldest fighter to win the UFC’s 145-pound championship and now, at 37, he is the oldest to successfully defend it.
On social media, several fighters chimed in to anoint Volkanovski as the best featherweight of all time, while Belal Muhammad praised the Australian star for his longevity, writing, “Volk still got it. Who said he was gonna retire? He’s still fresh.”
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Category: General Sports
