On February 12 at the UFC 284 tournament, Australian Alex Volkanovski, the owner of the UFC featherweight title, faced Islam Makhachev, the lightweight division champion. In this fight, which went the full distance, the Russian fighter won by unanimous decision of the judges.
The loss was the second of Volkanovski's career and the first in nearly a decade.
Volkanovski lost his previous fight to Corey Nelson by TKO in May 2013 at the Australian Fighting Championship 5.
