UFC 298 live updates: What time does Alex Volkanovski’s fight start?

Two of Australia’s biggest ever fighters will put their careers on the road in the present day in what’s arguably the very best stakes card for Aussie battle followers in historical past.

Alex Volkanovski returns to featherweight for his sixth title defence in the principle occasion towards undefeated No. 1 contender IIia Topuria.

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Robert Whittaker takes on Paulo Costa within the co-main occasion and easily should win to remain related within the middleweight division in his bid to earn one other title shot.

The early prelims begin at 10.30am AEDT earlier than the principle card kicks off begins at 12pm AEDT.

It’s not an actual science, however you may anticipate Whittaker to battle round 3.30pm and Volkanovski to enter the octagon round 4.15pm AEDT.

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Scary reality behind Volk’s ‘previous man’ joke

There’s a stat going round that fighters aged 35 and over have gained solely two out of 33 UFC title fights between the flyweight and welterweight divisions.

It doesn’t bode properly for Alex Volkanovski, who’s determined to defend his dwelling turf at featherweight and return to his greatest type after being knocked out by Islam Makhachev of their light-weight rematch.

Volkanovski took that battle on 11 days’ discover however his preparation is significantly better this time round with a full coaching camp beneath his belt.

The 35-year-old has embraced the age narrative of his matchup towards 27-year-old Topuria, adopting a hilarious ‘previous man’ persona and rocking as much as the pre-fight press convention dressed as a pensioner.

However all jokes apart, does Volk have what it takes to rack up one other title defence and show the previous man nonetheless has it?

UFC 298 FULL FIGHT CARD

Alexander Volkanovski vs Ilia Topuria — featherweight title (principal occasion)

Robert Whittaker vs Paulo Costa — middleweight (co-main occasion)

Geoff Neal vs Ian Garry – welterweight

Merab Dvalishvili vs Henry Cejudo — middleweight

Anthony Hernandez vs Roman Kopylov – middleweight

PRELIMS

Amanda Lemos vs Mackenzie Dern — girls strawweight

Marcos Rogerio de Lima vs Justin Tafa — heavyweight

Rinya Nakamura vs Carlos Verga — bantamweight

Zhang Mingyang vs Brendson Ribeiro — mild heavyweight

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