UFC Featherweight Champion Alexander Volkanovski is days removed from defeating Movsar Evloev in the main event of UFC 333 in Abu Dhabi. Now, three days later, the conversation has quickly shifted to what's next for the Australian.

It appears the UFC is just as open to whatever Volkanovski wants to do next as the champion is himself . In an Australian-based media scrum after the second-round TKO stoppage last Saturday, Volkanovski teased welcoming Ilia Topuria back to the featherweight division (or moving up to lightweight again).

Topuria's run at lightweight was short-lived, as Justin Gaethje beat Topuria in June at UFC Freedom 250 in Washington, D.C.

Right now, it remains unknown whether Gaethje will choose to retire or remain lightweight champion.…