He just has to win one or two more fights because there is a big rankings shakeup at the moment. Topuria (C) has vacated and is moving up in weight. Volkanovski #1 is fighting Lopez #3 for the vacant belt. This means that Evloev will automatically be moving to #3, if not even #2. Hell, we could see Evoloev be the next challenger for the newly crowned champion.
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