Alexander Volkanovski is one of the UFC’s most enduring champions, but retirement talk is inescapable as he heads into his UFC 333 main event title defense against Movsar Evloev.
“The Great” headlines the Oct. 24 event in Abu Dhabi with his featherweight championship on the line. Volkanovski will be 38 by the time he makes his next walk to the octagon, and is currently in his second reign as 145-pound champion, having successfully defended it against Diego Lopes this past February. That marked Volkanovski’s sixth championship defense overall.
He has long maintained his intention to compete as long as he’s physically able and enjoying fighting,
