Alexander Volkanovski on UFC 298 challenger Ilia Topuria: ‘I just haven’t seen that elite stuff yet’

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Alexander Volkanovski is not impressed by Ilia Topuria’s performance.

Volkanovski returns on Feb. 17 when he seeks the sixth defense of his UFC featherweight title against undefeated challenger Ilia Topuria at UFC 298. While Volkanovski has lost two of his past three bouts up a weight class against Islam Makhachev, including a first-round knockout loss to the lightweight champ this past October at UFC 294, “The Great” remains the class of 145 pounds.