Officially the UFC's No. 1 contender, Volkanovski, a former Warilla-Lake South Gorillas star, has made a vocal pitch for what would be a mega co-main event fight on the Robert Whittaker-Israel Adesanya card in Melbourne .

Champion Max Holloway made an impressive defence of his crown against Frankie Edgar in Canada on Sunday, but has also been the most active champion on the UFC roster.

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Fighting on the UFC 243 card would be a short turnaround but the Hawaiian remains open to it.

"We'll see what happens, I look fine, I look great but I will wait to [talk to] my team, I'll wait to talk to my coaches," Holloway said.

"We've got to get medical testing, I've fought three title fights in seven and a half months.

"I want to fight one more time this year but we've got to go and take all the right testing and we'll see from there."