In the next few days, Islam Makhachev will officially enter the match against the UFC Championship Lightweight. His opponent was changed less than 2 weeks before the organizers. With Charles Oliveira unable to play for injury, Alexander Volkanovski was put up.
In the previous encounter, Volkanovski lost to Makhachev in a controversial match. Makhachev won the final with a point, but he was short of his breath in the final half and let Volkanovski have many accurate situations. However, the training team for Makhachev said the rematch will be different.
“We understand that UFC must change opponents with Makhachev because Oliveira cannot fight, and Volkanovski is ready to join.
Revealing Makhachev's weight pressing process, the team of associates with him revealed that Russian boxers had a usual weight of about 91kg. However, UFC's Lighweight weight limits weights with maximum martial artists at a maximum of 70.3kg. That also means before each match, Makhachev decreased by more than 20kg.
In professional martial arts competitions, boxers often use deep weight pressing methods to improve the body before the competition. This measure has been widely applied for many years. However, rare boxers can squeeze the weight equivalent to 23% of the body weight like Makhachev without physical impairment.