Israel Adesanya is willing to "bet his whole house" on featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski beating lightweight champion Islam Makhachev.
The former middleweight champion is teammates with Volkanovski, whose reign atop the 145lb division has seen him wipe out all but one previous champions and earn himself the No.1 pound-for-pound spot. And he moves up to 155lb to face Makhachev in Perth at UFC 284 in February, which Adesanya believes is a very winnable fight.
Makhachev is the newly-crowned lightweight champion, and isn't taking the easy route in his first defence as he takes on arguably the greatest fighter in the world. Both men have lost just once, but are on lengthy winning streaks which include a series of big UFC wins.
