Two Aussie UFC fighters get the chance to fight for championship gold, with CEO Dana White announcing two blockbuster main events for UFC 314 and UFC 315
Former Featherweight Champion Alex Volkanovski will meet Diego Lopes in the main event of UFC 314 for the vacant UFC Featherweight title. That means exactly what you think it means, Ilia Topuria is moving on to the Lightweight division.
Embed from Getty ImagesVolkanovski is training in Thailand, knowing a fight announcement was coming soon. The Aussie hasn’t fought since his second-round loss to Topuria at UFC 298 in February last year.
At UFC 315, Jack Della Maddalena will get a shot at the UFC Welterweight title when he faces Belal Muhammad. Originally slated to face former Campion Leon Edwards in London, an injury to contender Shavkat Rakhmonov has seen Della Maddalena move up to the main event. Edwards will now fight Sean Brady.
Embed from Getty ImagesAs for who Topuria is set to face, there is some noise online that he will face Lightweight Champion Islam Makhachev possibly in July during international fight week.