UFC star Beneil Dariush has admitted he was confused by Alexander Volkanovski's declaration that he is the back-up fighter for the main event of UFC 280 this month.
The No.6-ranked lightweight i facing Mateusz Gamrot on the star-studded show that is headlined by a lightweight title fight between Charles Oliveira and Islam Makhachev. But he was surprised to hear that, should one of the two main event fighters pull out, he would be overlooked in favour of the featherweight champion.
Volkanovski is ranked No.1 pound-for-pound in the promotion, and hasn't loss under the UFC banner as yet. He has been angling for a world title bout at 155lb so he can emulate Conor McGregor's famous achievement, and is heading to Abu Dhabi in the hopes that he can do just that on short notice.
