UFC Rivalries That Still Need One More Fight

One knockout should not close the book on a featherweight champion as accomplished as Volkanovski. A rematch would test whether Topuria solved him or caught him.

O’Malley’s split decision over Yan remains one of bantamweight’s best arguments. Five rounds would give the boxing and wrestling more room to settle it.

Pereira and Ankalaev produced two very different tactical fights without creating a final answer. A third would force each man to adjust again.

Three meetings have shown different versions of Pantoja and Moreno across regional and UFC competition. A fourth title fight would arrive with complete familiarity.

Their first meeting became an excellent short-notice debut for Tsarukyan, and both men improved dramatically afterward. A second fight now carries championship-level depth.

Strickland’s disciplined upset changed the middleweight title, yet Adesanya never received a chance to respond. The stylistic result deserves confirmation.

Holloway was competitive before suffering the first knockout of his career. A rematch would ask whether experience can change the exchanges Topuria eventually dominated.

Oliveira earned another championship opportunity that repeatedly disappeared through injury and scheduling. His submission threat still creates a different test for Makhachev.

Pereira edged Błachowicz in a close three-round light-heavyweight debut. Five rounds would reveal whether the Pole’s grappling or the Brazilian’s pressure ages better.

Grasso and Shevchenko own a win, draw and loss against each other. A fourth fight is mathematically excessive and competitively difficult to avoid.