Feb 20, 2024, 08:00 AM ETSome were shocked over the weekend, some not so much. Among the latter group were oddsmakers, who made longtime UFC men’s featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski only a slight betting favorite in his sixth title defense.Most prominent among those who foresaw a change at the top of the game was Volkanovski’s opponent — that is, Volkanovski’s undefeated opponent. Ilia Topuria did not merely say he was going to defeat Volkanovski, the longest-reigning UFC champion with 11 straight featherweight wins, including conquests of the greatest 145-pounders the sport has…
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