Featherweight feels a lot like heavyweight these days, minus the blubbering. Over the last five years, the division has seen four different belt holders. Granted, that doesn’t imply instability. After all, we’re talking about tenured fighters like Jose Aldo and Max Holloway. And fighters so volatile, there’s a stability there in and of itself (Conor McGregor). Fittingly, the the belt now resides in the hands of a — and the UFC commentary booth is happy to remind you of rugby’s special, fight imbuement powers — former rugby player.
I personally don’t think Alexander Volkanovski won that rematch against Max Holloway.