UFC 284: Islam Makhachev vs. Alexander Volkanovski results [UPDATED]

UFC 284: Islam Makhachev vs. Alexander Volkanovski live results [UPDATED]

In front of his home country, UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski has the chance to further his success in the Octagon and make history, as he challenges Islam Makhachev for the UFC lightweight championship in the main event of UFC 284.

The matchup is significant in its own right because it’s No. 1 vs. No. 2 in the current UFC pound-for-pound rankings.

Volkanovski moved up to the No. 1 pound-for-pound spot after Kamaru Usman lost the UFC welterweight title to Leon Edwards, who currently sits at No. 3 pound-for-pound. Makhachev became the No. 2 pound-for-pound fighter following his lightweight title win over Charles Oliveira.

Volkanovski gets this championship superfight after four successful defenses of the UFC lightweight title, which he won by defeating Max Holloway at UFC 245 in December 2019. Volkanovski retained in a controversial split decision against Holloway at UFC 251, a unanimous decision over Brian Ortega at UFC 266, a fifth-round TKO of “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung at UFC 273 and a unanimous decision over Holloway at UFC 276.

This fight will mark Makhachev’s first title defense after capturing the lightweight crown at UFC 280 — and will mark his first fight without Khabib Nurmagomedov in his corner.

While Volkanovski goes for champ-champ status, an interim featherweight championship will be decided in the co-main event as Yair Rodriguez faces Josh Emmett.

Rodriguez, sitting at No. 2 in the UFC featherweight rankings, is 3-1 (1 NC) in his last five fights, with wins coming over Jung, Jeremy Stephens and, most recently, Ortega.

Emmett, ranked No. 5, has won five straight and seven of his last eight, with his most recent win coming in June with a Fight of the Night performance against Calvin Kattar, a fight Emmett won via split decision. Emmett’s streak also includes wins over Dan Ige, Shane Burgos, Mirsad Bektic and Michael Johnson.

[UPDATED] UFC 284 live results

UFC 284: Islam Makhachev vs. Alexander Volkanovksi Main Card (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT)

• (c) Islam Makhachev vs. (FTW c) Alexander Volkanovski — for the UFC lightweight championship
• Yair Rodriguez vs. Josh Emmett — for the interim UFC featherweight championship
• Jack Della Maddalena vs. Randy Brown
• Justin Tafa vs. Parker Porter
• Jimmy Crute vs. Alonzo Menifield

UFC 284: Islam Makhachev vs. Alexander Volkanovksi Preliminary Card (ESPN/ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT)

• Tyson Pedro vs. Modestas Bukauskas
• Joshua Culibao vs. Melsik Baghdasaryan
• Shannon Ross vs. Kleydson Rodrigues
• Jamie Mullarkey vs. Francisco Prado

UFC 284: Islam Makhachev vs. Alexander Volkanovksi Early Prelim Card (ESPN+/UFC Fight Pass, 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT)

• Jack Jenkins vs. Don Shainis
• Loma Lookboonmee vs. Elise Reed
• Shane Young vs. Blake Bilder
• Zubaira Tukhugov vs. Elves Brenner

UFC 284: Islam Makhachev vs. Alexander Volkanovski takes place on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023, live from the RAC Arena in Perth, Australia. Follow along with FanSided MMA for all your news and highlights.