Episode 640: Will Volk be champ again at UFC 314?

The Co-Main Event MMA Podcast

Chad Dundas

Sports, Leisure

4.8 • 698 Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Look, we’re just being honest. After back-to-back KO losses to Islam Makhachev and Ilia Topuria, and a 1-3 record dating back to 2023, we couldn’t help but wonder if we’d already seen the best of Alexander Volkanovski. Then, lo and behold, Topuria moves up to lightweight, and suddenly Volk is right back in the mix — going off as a slight betting favorite against Diego Lopes in their 145-pound title unification bout at UFC 314. And yet, the former champ is 36 … and we all know what happens to guys in these lighter weight classes once they hit 35. So we’ve gotta ask: How long can Volkamania really be expected to run wild? Oh, and Michael Chandler vs. Paddy Pimblett? Yeesh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Co-Main Event Podcast.
0:10.9	And now your host, Ben Folks and Chad Dundas.
0:17.1	That's right.
0:18.4	You're listening to another episode of the co-main event mixed martial arts podcast.
0:23.8	I'm Chad Dundas. That's Ben Fulks. We're both longtime MMA journalists. And for nearly the last 13 years,
0:32.4	we've been meeting here every week to break down all the action in the wild, weird, and occasionally wonderful world
0:40.0	of mixed martial arts. You know, we're coming right up on that 13th birthday.
0:45.2	The 13th birthday, that's the big one. Yeah, it just struck me as I was doing that read. About a month
0:49.7	away, we will have been doing the co-meaning event podcast for 13 long arduous years.
0:57.6	I can't wait to see what you get me.
0:59.7	What is the 13th anniversary?
1:01.8	Lace.
1:03.4	Sexy lace.
1:04.5	Wow, you had that just ready to go.
1:07.2	I made it up.
1:07.9	I made it up.
1:08.7	I'm going to look it up.
1:09.7	13th anniversary gift. don't let's not
1:13.9	stop doing that meaningful jewelry meaningful jewelry yeah actually traditional lace
1:20.8	gifts is traditional for the 13th anniversary wait how can it be both of those things
1:25.2	well there's a bunch of them. It says personalized artwork.
1:28.4	What the fuck?
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