UFC 298 Volkanovski vs Topuria: Time, fight card, where to watch and everything you need to know as Alexander Volkanovski looks to extend longest divisional winning streak in UFC history
- Alexander Volkanovski will defend his featherweight title against Ilia Topuria
- Topuria comes into the fight undefeated in his MMA career
- Robert Whittaker takes on Brazilian Paulo Costa in the co-main event
UFC 298 kicks off this Saturday, February 17. The main event of the evening sees one of the UFC’s greatest featherweight fighters, Alexander Volkanovski, take on Ilia Topuria.
Volkanovski has defended his featherweight title five times so far and will look to continue his impressive run when he takes on the much younger Georgian who fights for Spain.
Volkanovski faces no easy task against Topuria, as Topuria is three years younger than him and remains undefeated in his UFC career, with a record of 14-0.
Other fights on the night include the co-main event, which will showcase middleweight action between former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker and Brazil’s Paulo Costa.
Alexander Volkanovski and Ilia Topuria will battle for the featherweight title in the main event at UFC 298
Volkanovski has defended the featherweight five times and hopes to further extend his title streak on Saturday
Topuria is a strong challenger for the title as he is undefeated and has a 14-0 record in the UFC
UFC 298 – Important information
UFC 298 takes place on Saturday, February 17 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.
The first round of fights, the early preliminary cards, will kick off at 11pm GMT. (4:00 PM PT, 6:00 PM CT, 7:00 PM ET). For Australian viewers, that’s 9am AEST/ 8.30am ACST/ 7am AWST.
The preliminaries will take place around 1am GMT on Sunday, February 18, for US fans they can expect the action on Saturday at 6pm PT/8pm CT/9pm ET. In Australia, the fighting starts at 11am (Sunday) AEST/10:30am ACST/9am AWST.
The main fight card kicks off around 3am GMT for UK viewers and at 10pm ET/7pm PT for those tuning in from the US. Australians can watch all the action from the main card on Sunday at 1pm AEST/ 12.30pm ACST/ 11am AWST.
How to watch
UFC 298 will be shown live on TNT Sports for UK fans, with UFC Fight Pass also streaming the early and regular prelims.
The fight night will also be available to American fans on ESPN+.
Mail Sport will also have live coverage of UFC 298, so you can keep up to date with all the action here.
Volkanovski vs. Topuria – Important details
Alexander Volkanovsky
Age: 35
Height: 5ft 6in
Range: 71.5 inches
Weight: 154.50 pounds
Position: Orthodox
Record: 26-3-0
Ilia Topuria
Age: 27
Height: 5ft 7in
Reach: 69in
Weight: 146.00 pounds
Position: Orthodox
Record: 14-0-0
Volkanovski and Topuria will fight around 05:00 GMT
Complete battle map
Subject to change
Main card
- Alexander Volkanovski vs. Ilia Topuria – Featherweight title
- Robert Whittaker vs. Paul Costa – Middleweight
- Geoff Neal vs. Ian Machado Garry – Welterweight
- Merab Dvalishvili vs. Henry Cejudo – Bantamweight
- Anthony Hernandez vs. Roman Kopylov – Middleweight
Preliminary map
- Amanda Lemos vs. Mackenzie Dern – Women’s Strawweight
- Marcos Rogerio de Lima vs. Justin Tafa – Heavyweight
- Rinya Nakamura vs. Carlos Vera – weight
- AJ Dobson vs. Tresean Gore – Middleweight
Early preliminary map
- Zhang Mingyang vs. Brendson Ribeiro – Light Heavyweight
- Yusaku Kinoshita vs. Danny Barlow – Welterweight
- Oban Elliot vs. Val Woodburn – Welterweight
- Andrea Lee vs. Miranda Maverick – Women’s Flyweight
Brazilian Paulo Costa will face New Zealand Australian Robert Whittaker in the co-main event for UFC 298
Chances
Alexander Volkanovski wins – 8/11
Ilia Topuria wins – 1/1
All odds via Sky Bet and correct at time of publication.