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Alexander Volkanovski and Islam Makhachev had a clearer view of their epic fight now after the dust settled and neither is budging on their stance.

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Islam Makhachev was quick to declare himself the new No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter in the sport after beating Alexander Volkanovski in the UFC 284 main event.

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The UFC’s latest superfight delivered. In a hellacious affair, Islam Makhachev edged out Alexander Volkanovski via unanimous decision to fend off the UFC featherweight champion and defend Makhachev’s lightweight title in the main event of UFC 284. The bout headlined an raucous return to Perth, Australia, which also saw Yair Rodriguez capture an interim featherweight belt with a second-round submission of Josh Emmett, Jack Della Maddalena... Читать дальше...

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Almost the second Yair Rodriguez submitted Josh Emmett at UFC 284, he was consoling his opponent.

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For much of 2021, Israel Adesanya, Francis Ngannou and Kamaru Usman were a united front of African-born UFC champions. Their success promised to bring the octagon to their native country for the first time in history.

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Alexander Volkanovski isn’t known for his trash talk, but the reigning UFC featherweight champion has no problem playing mind games when the time is right.

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Islam Makhachev believes he’s left no doubt who is MMA’s pound-for-pound No. 1 fighter.

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Islam Makhachev earned a hard-fought unanimous decision over featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski in the main event of UFC 284. While Makhachev won the head-to-head battle to retain the lightweight title, was the impressive outing from Volkanovski in defeat enough for him to maintain his No. 1 pound-for-pound spot?

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The thrilling main event between Islam Makhachev and Alexander Volkanovski was the easy choice for “Fight of the Night” at UFC 284.

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The UFC 284 post-fight press conference is the last piece of business to take care of after the action is over in the octagon, and we have the live video below at MMAFighting.com.

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Islam Makhachev needed every minute over five rounds to fend off the challenge from Alexander Volkanovski to remain lightweight champion in the UFC 284 main event.

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Islam Makhachev denied Alexander Volkanovski’s bid to become the latest UFC champ-champ.

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Islam Makhachev and Alexander Volkanovski met in a battle of the two best pound-for-pound fighters in the world and it was as closely contested as you’d expect.

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Watch Islam Makhachev vs. Alexander Volkanovski full fight video highlights from the main event of UFC 284, courtesy of the UFC and other outlets.

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Yair Rodriguez got his first taste of gold after capturing the interim featherweight title in the UFC 284 main event.

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Jens Pulver’s induction into the UFC Hall of Fame had fighters feeling the love.

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Jack Della Maddalena passed his toughest test to date with flying colors — and it did it all in front of his hometown crowd in Perth, Australia.

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This is the UFC 284 live blog for Yair Rodriguez vs. Josh Emmett, the interim featherweight title fight on Saturday in Perth, Australia.

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Justin Tafa had quite the homecoming in his first fight back in Australia in nearly four years as part of the UFC 284 main card.

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Jens Pulver will soon officially be a UFC Hall of Famer.

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This is the UFC 284 live blog for Jack Della Maddalena vs. Randy Brown, the featured welterweight fight on Saturday in Perth, Australia.

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Jimmy Crute and Alonzo Menifield battled it out for 15 minutes but a late point deduction resulted in the fight ending in a majority draw to kick off the UFC 284 main card.

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The UFC 284 cold open video features the beginning of Saturday’s pay-per-view, which is headlined by UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev putting his belt on the line against UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski in a superfight.