He's won all 12 fights inside the organisation, defending his title four times to set up Saturday's leap up to face Islam Makhachev. I've never thought I would be the one to complain about how much I'm eating but it ain't easy to be honest.' He later said: 'I'm eating over 4,000 calories a day which is hard - I never thought I'd complain about eating too much food. Only last week, Volkanovski's walking around weight was just upward of 77kg, slightly above 170lbs, in comparison to the 160lbs it might be in the run up to a featherweight fight. On Saturday night, Volkanovski won't have to jump too far to land on Makhachev, who is just the four inches taller.
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