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Also, Beneil Dariush has really had it rough over the last year, hasn’t he? He went from getting ignored when he claimed he had been told he was the backup for UFC 280 to losing a #1 contenders fight to a man who just had to give up that opportunity, which has now been given to the same guy who beat Benny to the scale a year ago.

The unique ability of Elliott is considered chaotic. That unknown factor can give him the edge, but he is known to be careless with his offense. Elliott has to avoid wrestling against Mokaev, but can he do so against a younger and faster opponent? That does not appear to be the case here, especially if Mokaev adapts. 

A former DWCS alum, Peek has eight wins via knockout and lands 5.65 significant strikes per minute. He has been taken down 12 times in three fights in the octagon. 

What Yahya lacks in footwork, he makes up for in grappling. What Peek lacks in grappling, he makes up for in footwork. In a 50-50 fight, despite what the odds say, Peek can end the fight right away. However, Yahya's pressure could give him the edge in a potential Fight of the Night.

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A former DWCS alum, Basharat is 4-0 in the octagon and is undefeated. He lands 5.64 significant strikes per minute and averages 2.03 takedowns per 15 minutes, landing eight in four contests.

Henry lit up Tom Gravely in his last fight, landing 154 significant strikes. He lands 8.67 per minute but is susceptible to the takedown, having been taken to the ground six times in three contests. 

Makhachev-Oliveira 2 could have been exciting. Before losing his belt to Makhachev, Oliveira had won 11 fights in a row and was coming off finishes of Michael Chandler, Dustin Poirier and Justin Gaethje.

While Henry can land for power, Basharat provides more pressure. He uses range to hurt his opponents and can mix things up by taking his opponents to the floor. Punching people is cool, but Henry has yet to drop someone, and Basharat can take advantage of that.

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Azaitar fought twice in the octagon, once in 2018 and once in 2021, losing against Marc-Andre Barriault in the latter fight. On an extended break, he faces a prepared fighter in Dumas, who has fought twice in 2023. The DWCS standout lands 1.64 significant strikes per minute. 

Dumas will have a three-inch reach and five-inch height advantage. Azaitar can provide early pressure, but given his time away from fighting, will his stamina hold? The former can painfully take advantage if not.

Breeden is on a four-fight losing streak, and while he landed 105 significant strikes against Natan Levy (adding to his 5.22 significant strikes landed mark), he was taken down nine times.

But Volkanovski kept coming. And here's the visual that lingers from the fight's conclusion: a heavy-breathing Makhachev holding on to survive an onslaught by his tireless challenger. No sooner did the final horn sound when social media lit up with "Encore! Encore!" And now we'll have it.

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Jubli is 1-0 in the octagon (2-0 counting a Road to UFC event) with a seven-fight win streak. He has landed 5.69 significant strikes per minute. 

The competition Breeden has faced is leagues above Jubli's in the octagon. The latter was taken down four times against KyeungPyo Kim, though he did get the victory. Breeden needs a win and may get one against Jubli, who is an octagon novice.

A former Cage Warriors bantamweight champion, Wood is on a three-fight win streak in the octagon. "The Prospect" will have a three-inch reach disadvantage but he lands 6.24 significant strikes per minute, compared to Naimov's 3.48 mark. Wood also lands 1.70 takedowns per 15 minutes, while Naimov was taken down six times in two fights. 

Even if Costa were at full strength, instead of being just a few weeks removed from surgery, Usman still would be a significant upgrade. He is MMA history's greatest 170-pounder this side of Georges St-Pierre. Before losing his title to Leon Edwards last year, Usman had won 15 fights in a row, the longest streak ever for a UFC welterweight and the second longest overall in promotion history. He can strike and grapple. Just like Chimaev.

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They're fighting at middleweight, a division Chimaev has fought several times. The strapping Costa, who competed at light heavyweight just two fights ago, would have put Chimaev to a heftier test. But Usman, a career welterweight, also has a good measure of physicality in him. And he has the skills and savvy to put Chimaev in deeper waters than he's ever swam in.

The move to featherweight from bantamweight has helped Wood tremendously. While Naimov is a heavy-hitting fighter, he can get too aggressive. It could help if he catches Wood with a sharp shot, but Wood should be cautious against the Tajikistani fighter.

Dudakova competed in the DWCS (where she secured her only decision win) and has fought for Open Fight Championship. She averages 1.41 significant strikes landed per minute in the octagon and 4.82 takedowns landed per 15 minutes, landing five in two fights.

Frey, a former Invicta FC atomweight champion, has lost three in a row. She lands 2.92 significant strikes per minute and averages 1.02 takedowns landed per 15 minutes.

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Eleven days' notice does not mean fighters have nearly two weeks to prepare. Serious gym time came down to five days, ending Monday morning. From here on out, fighters will devote much of their time to carrying around huge jugs of water as part of a weight cut while they fulfill fight-hyping obligations in interviews with MMA media and news conferences. I wouldn't wish either of those duties on anyone.

Dudakova's wrestling can work well against Frey's flaws in the octagon. While Frey can strike, she has been outlanded 130-66 in the significant strikes category in her last three. If she takes her down early, Dudakova can strike away until Frey submits. A Frey win is possible, but Dudakova, with a two-inch reach advantage, should be the one getting her hand raised. 

Magomedov has 10 wins via knockout and uses his knees to drop opponents. Only four fights have gone past the first round, and he even won two contests eight days apart. Silva is on a three-fight win streak and has averaged 3.05 significant strikes landed per minute, with a strike accuracy mark of 46%. "Bulldog" averages 2.57 takedowns landed per 15 minutes and has a 64% takedown defense mark. 

Silva has struggled on the floor, as seen by the three straight losses before his win streak. He has taken limited damage in the octagon, but with someone like Magomedov, can Silva’s chin take a direct hit? It does not appear that way.

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Could we just get some consistency please? Either announce backups for every title fight or don’t use them at all. And, if you do name backups but don’t end up using them, have the balls to declare them the number one contender because, if that isn’t what a backup is, then backups serve no purpose.

The fact that Gamrot would even consider still being the backup after what just happened is insane but that’s the way it goes in the worldwide leader of combat sports. If you aren’t a cog in the machine somewhere, then you aren’t of much use. At least he’ll be able to enjoy watching the action. Maybe he can see if Ilia Topuria has any plans that night, or for the next 12 weeks.

UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski is swooping in to save the day and avenge his only UFC loss. Volkanovski agreed to challenge UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev on short notice after Charles Oliveira was forced off UFC 294's main event due to injury.

Makhachev and Volkanovski have tangled before, so there's reason to believe -- and hope -- they can pick up where they left off. But there's a lingering concern that a short-notice booking might not offer us the best encore we could get. Are we wasting one of the great rematches of our time by not allowing it to fully marinate? Or by not letting the fighters prepare accordingly for such a fierce contest?

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The stakes for Chimaev and Usman, even with no belt on the line, could be more dramatic. Will Chimaev's full-tilt rise toward what seemed an inevitable title shot run into a brick wall? Will Usman, who dropped his belt to Edwards in August 2022 and also lost the rematch in March, see his skid reach three in a row? Settling such pivotal matters with little preparation seems ill-advised, even foolhardy. But the show must go on.

Makhachev and Volkanovski will meet for a second time on Saturday, Oct. 21 at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. Champ vs. champ super fights are rare enough, but this is the first time that two active UFC champions will compete in a two-fight series. Volkanovski faces a steep challenge with roughly 10 days to prepare for a title fight up a weight class.

Makhachev defeated Volkanovski via unanimous decision in their first fight, but Volkanovski's stock elevated after giving Makhachev his toughest test in recent memory. Makhachev has not fought since February; meanwhile, Volkanovski defended his featherweight title against Yair Rodriguez in July.

Lightweight contender Mateusz Gamrot also looms in the shadows. UFC president Dana White anointed him as the backup fighter for Makhachev vs. Oliveira 2, a role designed to solve for a booked fighter missing weight or falling out of a fight. Unfortunately for Gamrot, the UFC pivoted to what is almost certainly a more high-profile fight. Gamrot will remain the backup fighter.

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Oliveira suffered a nasty eyebrow gash in training that booted him from UFC 294, but it's not the only injury that seriously affected the pay-per-view. UFC middleweight contender Paulo Costa underwent elbow surgery four weeks before the event. 

Doctors deemed Costa unfit to compete despite his protests publicly. White announced on Oct. 11 that former UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman will move up to middleweight to battle Chimaev. The winner is expected to challenge UFC middleweight champ Sean Strickland.

The purist in me wants every title fight to pit No. 1 in a weight class against No. 2 in that same division, for them to fight at a neutral site that's not far above sea level, and for each participant to enter the cage having had a fruitful, incident-free training camp.

Below is the complete fight card for UFC 294 along with the latest odds. Check back all week long for the latest news, features and other content around this massive event.

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I'm no fan of the manufactured, WWE-style melodrama of weigh-in shoving and press conference verbal sparring, especially when the insults veer in ugly directions. I'm more interested in the drama that unfolds organically, such as what we've already seen with UFC 294. 

A pair of high-profile fallouts had UFC 294 on shaky legs, but Saturday's card stuck the landing big time. UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski and former welterweight champ Kamaru Usman stepped up and saved an Abu Dhabi card loaded with talent. 

Nothing was scripted about Oliveira's eyebrow cut during a regular sparring session, Costa's elbow surgery, the chest-thumping step-ups by Volkanovski and Usman, the never-say-no welcoming by Makhachev and Chimaev.

The drama surrounding these two fights transcends the matchups and how they rate against the original ones. The drama surrounding these two fights is intensified by the circumstances of four athletes, each taking on a career-defining challenge with little time to prepare for it.

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Live Free TV Streaming. Linares is now 38 years old and has lost three fights in a row. He’s also moving back up from the 135 lb lightweight division to the 140 lb junior welterweight ranks. Catterall arguably beat Josh Taylor a couple of years ago but hasn’t done himself any favours with inactivity as this is just his second fight since then.

The other fights on the card feature prospects on the rise. McGrail and Hatton are near certainties to prevail in their fights, but Fiaz could find himself tested if Bellotti is able to turn back the clock. Still, I would expect Fiaz to box his way to a decision.

Linares, for his part, stressed his determination to continue competing at the highest level of the sport: “This is an amazing dream for me. I always wanted to go back to the UK to make another amazing fight with the best 135lbs or 140lbs fighter. The best option was Jack Catterall.

Catterall needs to prove the performance against Taylor wasn’t a fluke and can’t afford a loss to the aging and declining Linares. Don’t count Linares out due to his experience and power but at this point of their careers I’m expecting Catterall to come out on top.

The 38-year-old Linares was defending the WBA Lightweight Title for the fourth time when he ran into Vasyl Lomachenko in May, 2018 and although he decked Lomachenko in the sixth round he was stopped in the 10th.

The motivation that I have right now is the same as it was seven or eight years ago. This is the moment. This is the most important fight. I want to make an amazing show for the people to enjoy and to enjoy myself. We’re going to make a beautiful fight. This is the most difficult fight of my life. I need to win this fight.”

He won the belt in 2016 and also defended it against Anthony Crolla twice by unanimous decisions, stopped Darleys Perez in the ninth round, edged Luke Campbell by split decision and then downed Mercito Gesta by unanimous decision.

It will be difficult to arrest that slide here. I expect Linares to have some moments early but as the fight progresses, it becomes more one-sided and Catterall can get a second half stoppage.