Former UFC double champion Conor McGregor made predictions for the title fight between Alexander Volkanovski and Ilia Topuria, as well as other fights on the main card of UFC 298 tournament, to be held on February 18 in Anaheim, USA.
Conor McGregor
Awesome night of UFC fights tonight! Garry is going to run thru Geoff in the first round. Volk will get hurt early but come back and KO Ilia. Over in 2 rounds. [Paulo] Costa and [Robert] Whittaker will have a good 3 round exchange as will Merab [Dvalishvili] and Henry [Cejudo].
Volkanovski faced Islam Makhachev at UFC 294 in October 2023, suffering an early knockout loss. He holds a record of 26 wins and three losses.
Topuria's last bout was at UFC on ABC 5 in June 2023 against Josh Emmett, winning by unanimous decision and maintaining an undefeated record with 14 wins.
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