Overview

• Alexander Volkanovski told Submission Radio there "might be a spanner in the works" after eyeing Lerone Murphy for December at UFC 323.
• He coyly suggested he could wait to fight in February in Sydney, indicating a potential schedule shift.
• Lerone Murphy posted that Volkanovski "didn’t say no" and said he will be ready whenever, after briefly deleting earlier tweets.
• The UFC has not confirmed Volkanovski’s next bout, leaving both the opponent and timing unfinalized.
• Murphy surged to frontrunner status by stepping in for injured Movsar Evloev and knocking out Aaron Pico at UFC 319, with Evloev, Aljamain Sterling, and Diego Lopes also mentioned as possibilities.