The UFC’s featherweight champion, Alexander Volkanovski, has been listed as the back up fighter to step up in the event that Charles Oliveira, or Islam Makhachev, is unable to make it to their UFC 280 main event lightweight title match. We now have betting odds for both of those scenarios.
Despite having never lost a UFC fight, online gambling site Sportsbetting.ag has Volkanovski listed as an underdog to both Oliveira and Makhachev. Against a -140 Charles, Alexander is trending with a value of +120. Pitted against a -210 Islam, the current 145-pound champ is on deck at +180.