The duel between Alexander Volkanovski and Max Holloway, this Saturday, marks the seventh time that fighters have faced each other three times in title fights in UFC history; remember the previous ones
In the first title trilogy in UFC history, Couture overcame Liddell in the interim light heavyweight title fight in 2003, but the 'Iceman' prevailed for the linear title in 2005 and 2006.
Randy Couture x Chuck Liddell
In the heavyweight division, Sylvia and Arlovski also dueled once for the interim belt, with the Belarusian winning, and twice for the straight title, with the North American winning.
Tim Sylvia x Andrei Arlovski
In the only title trilogy in welterweight history, Hughes and GSP have one victory each in straight title fights, but the Canadian emerged victorious in the last duel, for the interim title, in 2007.
Georges St-Pierre x Matt Hughes
The trilogy between Cigano and Velasquez marked the first time that athletes faced each other three times for the linear belt. The Brazilian got the better of the first fight, but ended up defeated by the North American in the last two.
Junior Cigano x Cain Velazquez
Still in the heavyweight division, Daniel Cormier dethroned Stipe Miocic in 2018, but 'took revenge' from his rival in 2019 and 2020.
Stipe Miocic x Daniel Cormier
Finally, the first consecutive trilogy in UFC history and the only one with a technical draw. Deiveson and Moreno drew in the first duel, the Mexican got the better of the second and the Brazilian won the third.