Alexander Volkanovski solidified his status as a top-tier athlete and arguably the pound-for-pound best despite his loss to Islam Makhachev.

“in a loss he solidifies himself as pound for pound you might be right it's the weirdest thing that happens but it's like you came up you fought the most dangerous guy in the UFC so to say and some people think you beat him”

The alleged use of an IV for rehydration by Islam Makhachev would constitute an illegal and significant performance advantage in a fight.

“you are not allowed to rehydrate with an IV there's a two-year suspension for that they look at it like performance enhancing drugs because in a lot of ways it is you've depleted your body with so much water to make weight and now you found a way to get all that water back into it before the fight a”