{"id":10100,"date":"2024-01-27T05:43:37","date_gmt":"2024-01-27T12:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cbs26.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/27\/survey-free-combat-alexander-volkanovski-vs-yair-rodriguez\/"},"modified":"2024-01-27T05:43:37","modified_gmt":"2024-01-27T12:43:37","slug":"survey-free-combat-alexander-volkanovski-vs-yair-rodriguez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cbs26.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/27\/survey-free-combat-alexander-volkanovski-vs-yair-rodriguez\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey: Free Combat \u2014 Alexander Volkanovski vs. Yair Rodriguez"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-68473\">\n<div data-hide-featured-media=\"0\">\n<p><strong>Volk is wait on in the division he has lorded over for the specific section of five years.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After a pair of unsuccessful attempts at seizing the UFC light-weight title from Islam Makhachev, featherweight king Alexander Volkanovski returns to the featherweight fold at UFC 298 on February 17 in Anaheim, California to defend his throne against the downside posed by the unbeaten Ilia Topuria.<\/p>\n<p>It is to be Volkanovski&rsquo;s first featherweight bout since a three-round shellacking of title challenger Yair Rodriguez last July; a fight the Australian dominated in actuality from initiating to the TKO carry out he secured with round 40 seconds remaining in the third round.<\/p>\n<p>Compare out his handiwork below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MTwTd6ab4Ew?si=-uo-4f9T5c7JGC-f\" width=\"900\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&ndash;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/themaclife.com\/sports\/mma\/watch-free-fight-alexander-volkanovski-vs-yair-rodriguez\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volk is wait on in the division he has lorded over for the specific section&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - 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