LiamPicksFights' MMA Article: UFC Vegas 69
UFC 284
There are times when fight cards are hard to get excited for because the promoter phones it in, the premiere talent is not being featured, and the overall brand is watered down by the lower quality of fights and fan interest. UFC 284 is one of the nights that makes following this sport so worthwhile, because it offers the highest level of mixed martial arts action available, as the pound-for-pound number one ranked UFC Featherweight Champion Alexander “The Great” Volkanovski takes on Islam Makhachev for the UFC Lightweight Championship in a bout to decide the best fighter in the sport. As if that fight wasn’t meaningful enough, we are offered a number of promising Australian prospects in prominent features and an interim featherweight title fight between exciting knockout hitters Josh Emmett and Yair Rodriguez. Let’s dive into the action, beginning as usual in the first fight of the night.