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Lone’er Kavanagh is leaning toward Joshua Van in his title defense against Manel Kape.

Van will put his Ultimate Fighting Championship flyweight title on the line against Kape at UFC 336 on Jan. 30 at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto. Kavanagh is excited to watch the matchup between the two strikers but says it’s difficult to pick against the reigning champion.

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Lone’er Kavanagh favors Joshua Van over Manel Kape and offers to serve as backup for the flyweight title fight Kavanagh explained why he’s leaning toward Van, saying “The Fearless” proved himself with his dominant showing against Alexandre Pantoja.

“As a fan, it’s gonna be an exciting one to watch,” Kavanagh told Ariel Helwani. “They’re both high-level strikers… You can't really bet against Joshua Van anymore. He's proved himself against Pantoja twice. So maybe [I’m leaning] towards Van… I was surprised. He had an answer for everything that Pantoja threw at him… I'm gonna say the flyweight divisi…

Alexander Volkanovski says he embraced an extra challenge ahead of his latest title defense.

Volkanovski said he was ill heading into his Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight title bout against Movsar Evloev at UFC 333 in Abu Dhabi. The champion retained his title by stopping the previously undefeated Evloev in the second round.

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Alexander Volkanovski says his team opposed his decision to fight Movsar Evloev without permitted medication Volkanovski (29-4) subsequently revealed that he declined medication for his illness despite being told it was permitted. “The Great” said he thought people might view it as an advantage if he took it.

“I thought people might look at it as an advantage even though it would only be so I wouldn’t feel as bad and as sick,” Volkanovski said during a media scrum captured by Brendan Bradford. “I turned it down, even though the UFC and everyone else were saying, ‘No, you’re allowed to do this. You can take it. Why …

Israel Adesanya has questioned Alex Pereira’s decision to continue fighting at heavyweight.

The former two-division Ultimate Fighting Championship titleholder is scheduled to face Sergei Pavlovich at UFC 335 on Dec. 12 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Pereira recently discussed the possibility of returning to light heavyweight, prompting a response from his former foe.

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Israel Adesanya argues Alex Pereira should have returned to light heavyweight instead of facing Sergei Pavlovich Pereira has said he plans to return to light heavyweight if he loses to Pavlovich. Adesanya questioned why the Brazilian would discuss that possibility before the fight and said he doesn’t understand why Pereira accepted the matchup.

Adesanya believes “Poatan” should have moved back down to 205 pounds after losing to Ciryl Gane in an interim heavyweight title bout at UFC Freedom 250 in June.

“I already saw a clip of Pereira saying if he loses to Pavlovich, he is goin…