The UFC’s new lightweight champion, Islam Makhachev, took advantage of his UFC 284 post-fight mic time to call for a match with an equally willing featherweight champion in Alexander Volkanovski — in Australia no less. Guess what we now have? That’s right, betting odds!
Online gambling website Sportsbetting.ag has the UFC’s lightweight champ opening up as a heavy betting favorite over the featherweight champ. Makhachev has been listed with a moderately favored moneyline of -360, and a $100 bet at those odds could possibly see a total payout of $127.78. As for the UFC’s #1 pound-for-pound fighter, Volkanovski is clocking in with a career-high underdog mark of +285.