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After Islam Makhachev defeated Charles Oliveira at the UFC 280 last month and claimed the lightweight championship, Australian fighter Alexander Volkanovski entered the ring for an octagon face off with the Russian champion. Recently, the 34-year-old Australian has revealed that he is 'quite confident' for a fight with Islam Makhachev at the UFC 284.
The UFC 284 will take place in Perth, Australia on February 11 with Islam Makhachev and Alex Volkanovski expected to square off against each other in a pound for pound bout.
After winning the UFC lightweight title against Oliveira, Islam's close friend and coach Khabib Nurmagomedov said, "Now is our plan. Fly all the way to Australia and fight in pound-for-pound king’s backyard with Volkanovski. Let’s do it. We know we’re going to finish this guy."
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Following their octagon face off, the two fighters were involved in a Twitter banter commenced by Volkanovski, who wrote, "Are you a man of your word? @MAKHACHEVMMA? 🇦🇺 Let’s make it happen! ✍️ #UFC284."
Islam responded, "The second I receive the paper, I will sign it, don’t worry ✏️ enjoy your P4P first spot for now 😉."
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In a recent interview with ESPN on Thursday, Volkanovski claimed that the fight against Islam is expected to take place at the UFC 284.
Volkanovski said, "We’re going to make it happen. Don’t worry about that. Australia needs a big fight. Me just defending would be great, but me going for that lightweight title, taking that lightweight title in Perth on home soil would be incredible."