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• It was in Charles Oliveira’s final round of sparring, according to Dana White, that the skin over the Brazilian’s right eye was torn apart – and with it, his chance of redemption against Islam Makhachev voslot
  
  Days out from one of the most-anticipated rematches in recent MMA history, Oliveira suffered a chasmic cut, and from the bloody sinews, Alexander Volkanovski emerged voslot
  
  With that, one tantalising rematch was replaced by another; the MMA gods had taken away Oliveira’s opportunity for redemption against the lightweight champion, but in an instant, they had granted Volkanovski his own opportunity at the same atonement voslot
  
  There were only a handful of grains left to fall on Oliveira, brooding inside his metaphorical sandglass, when the injury occurred; it was on 22 October 2022 that the former champion was submitted by Makhachev, and it was to be 364 days later that he would be locked in a cage with the Russian again – in the very same arena, no less, in Abu Dhabi voslot
  
  But for a reason known only to them, the MMA deities decided to deny this cult hero his chance of defeating Makhachev, and of regaining the UFC lightweight title voslot
  
  Oliveira, for his part, does not acknowledge these gods – only his own voslot
  
  “Once you realise that it’s all part of God’s plan, it’s easier to accept things,” Oliveira told The Independent, coincidentally, days before suffering his injury voslot
  
  “It took me a long time to understand that, but you just have to be able to learn to digest it voslot
  
  God wouldn’t give me something that I can’t carry voslot
  
  ”RecommendedUFC 294 live stream: How to watch Volkanovski vs Makhachev voslot online and on TV this weekendAlexander Volkanovski admits it’s ‘crazy’ to fight Islam Makhachev on short noticeKamaru Usman to face Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 294 after Paulo Costa withdrawsOliveira will lean all of his weight on that sentiment in the weeks to come, while 145lbs champion Volkanovski will be leaning his own weight – plus an extra 10lbs – on Makhachev in their second clash in eight months voslot
  
  When the Australian, fighting on home turf in February, was ruled a decision loser against Makhachev, the result hardly relayed the razor-close nature of the fight voslot
  
  Volkanovski, 35, landed more strikes than Makhachev, 30, but was marginally less clinical voslot
  
  Makhachev secured four of his nine attempted takedowns, though that actually inspired more praise of Volkanovski than the Russian; in repeatedly denying Makhachev – and in repeatedly rising from the mat when needed – Volkanovski had proven that the defending champion was not the unstoppable force that his friend and coach Khabib Nurmagomedov so often seemed voslot
  
  Oliveira was ruled out of UFC 294 after sustaining a nasty cut (DamonMartin / X)Volkanovski knocked down Makhachev in their first clash and was on top at the end of the bout (Getty Images)Volkanovski even knocked down Makhachev and finished the fight on top, denting the Dagestani’s daunting reputation voslot
  
  The impressiveness of Volkanovski’s performance was only augmented by the fact that he was moving up in weight voslot
  
  In fact, the Australian remained the Indy Sport pound-for-pound No 1 despite his loss to Makhachev voslot
  
  It was a showing in stark contrast to Oliveira’s against Makhachev, in which the jiu-jitsu specialist was beaten at his own game: submitted by the Russian wrestler in Round 2 voslot
  
  Oliveira did not do himself justice that night, but justice was on the agenda for UFC 294 voslot
  
  Instead, Volkanovski will bring his well-rounded game to the Etihad Arena, where he weighed in as a back-up fighter for Oliveira’s defeat by Makhachev one year ago voslot
  
  Since that fateful evening, Oliveira has bounced back with a dismissive knockout of Beneil Dariush, while Volkanovski also got back to winning ways by stopping interim featherweight champion Yair Rodriguez in July voslot
  
  Makhachev dropped Oliveira before submitting him in October 2022 (AFP via Getty Images)While Oliveira vs Makhachev 2 was, for some time, official, Volkanovski vs Makhachev 2 also felt inevitable, just not at this time nor under these circumstances voslot
  
  Those circumstances complicate the question of whether Volkanovski can go one voslot better than he did in his initial clash with Makhachev; this time, the Aussie will challenge the Russian on just 11 days’ notice, having recently undergone hand surgery voslot
  
  Volkanovski is a consummate professional who will arrive as fight-fit as his body will allow, but even “Alexander The Great” has admitted that he does not want to find out how his cardio will hold up voslot
  
  “We’ll try to make sure it doesn’t go five rounds,” he told Australian media last week voslot
  
  “I want to finish it early, I don’t want to test his gas tank voslot
  
  Don’t get me wrong, I think I can do it, but let’s not try and test it voslot
  
  ”Oliveira would have snapped your hand off for such a finish voslot
  
  voslot Better yet, he would have snapped Makhachev’s arm off for one voslot
  
  If Volkanovski can secure a stoppage, it will be one of the most arresting visuals in UFC history, in part due to the factors surrounding this new main event voslot
  
  The same would apply to the co-main event, in which Kamaru Usman is on a similar venture to Volkanovski voslot
  
  The former welterweight champion will fight at 185lbs for the first time as he replaces Paulo Costa against Khamzat Chimaev, perhaps the fiercest prospect in MMA, on 10 days’ notice voslot
  
  For all of the attributes that the Nigerian-American has exhibited in a Hall of Fame-worthy career, never has his courage been as clear as it is now voslot
  
  Khamzat Chimaev, left, and Kamaru Usman will clash in the co-main event of UFC 294 (Getty Images)The same goes for Volkanovski, although he believes that his rematch with Makhachev is a win-win scenario voslot
  
  “I didn’t get that big moment of the whole underdog story,” he said last week, discussing the pair’s first bout voslot
  
  “I remember thinking just a few days ago: ‘I’m not gonna really get that moment if I fight him again, I’m not gonna be this crazy underdog voslot
  
  ’ People [have seen] what I can do, so they’re gonna back me voslot
  
  But now on 11 days’ notice, I’m sort of in the same position, where people are gonna say: ‘There’s no way – short notice, he’s crazy voslot
  
  ’”Volkanovski may just be voslot
  
  He is also one of the most courageous fighters in a field full of them voslot
  
  Of course, Makhachev also deserves credit; he, too, is fighting a pound-for-pound talent on short notice voslot
  
  Indeed, many fans have remarked on how the fighters’ gambles have made UFC 294 an even stronger card than it already was voslot
  
  It is the sort of rebound against adversity that voslot boxing, for example, would never be able to execute voslot
  
  However, that is in large part due to the lower prize money on offer in the UFC, and the resultant need for fighters to take risks voslot
  
  Yet it is also partly down to the overemphasis on losses in voslot boxing voslot
  
  If Volkanovski were to suffer a third career loss on Saturday, he would still be in the conversation around modern UFC greats – perhaps all-timers, too voslot
  
  Would a champion or contender in voslot boxing risk their record and reputation by fighting an elite opponent on a compromised camp? There is little evidence for it, monetarily there is no need for it, but there also shouldn’t be an expectation of it; just as there should be no expectation for a UFC fighter to accept a short-notice fight, even when the alternative is fans disputing their bravery voslot
  
  Make no mistake: Although Volkanovski is one of the most-respected fighters in the UFC and is being heralded as a hero right now, he would have had his detractors if he had turned down this fight – even on 11 days’ notice voslot
  
  It is as true as it is hard to believe voslot
  
  Makhachev and Volkanovski facing off ahead of their first fight (Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)When fan favourite Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson refused to fight Michel Pereira in July, after the Brazilian missed weight, Thompson was criticised for not going ahead with the bout and accepting a slight bump to his purse voslot
  
  Never mind the danger to Thompson’s health and prospects of ever challenging for a UFC title again, many fans were quick to turn on the veteran voslot
  
  On that occasion, it was too late for a replacement to be found, and the bout collapsed voslot
  
  Even Oliveira and Costa have had their fair share of criticism for withdrawing from UFC 294, despite their injuries and the calibre of their opponents voslot
  
  Volkanovski has gotten credit in the build to UFC 294, but the last week has highlighted how fans tend to praise the UFC’s recovery in situations like this, rather than focusing on the unideal factors that allow the company to adapt in this manner voslot
  
  And so, a cut above Charles Oliveira’s eye became a tear in the fabric of UFC 294, only for the promotion to stitch the card back together as only they can voslot
  
  More aboutAlexander VolkanovskiIslam MakhachevCharles OliveiraJoin our commenting forumJoin thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their repliesComments1/6Volkanovski’s gamble shows the best and worst of the UFCVolkanovski’s gamble shows the best and worst of the UFCOliveira was ruled out of UFC 294 after sustaining a nasty cut DamonMartin / XVolkanovski’s gamble shows the best and worst of the UFCVolkanovski knocked down Makhachev in their first clash and was on top at the end of the bout Getty ImagesVolkanovski’s gamble shows the best and worst of the UFCMakhachev dropped Oliveira before submitting him in October 2022 AFP via Getty ImagesVolkanovski’s gamble shows the best and worst of the UFCKhamzat Chimaev, left, and Kamaru Usman will clash in the co-main event of UFC 294 Getty ImagesVolkanovski’s gamble shows the best and worst of the UFCMakhachev and Volkanovski facing off ahead of their first fight Zuffa LLC via Getty ImagesVolkanovski’s gamble shows the best and worst of the UFCAlexander Volkanovski, left, in his first fight with Islam Makhachev Getty Images✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today voslot
  
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  Two elderly men were suited voslot
  
  In one case, he was much smarter than normal, dressed up for the occasion voslot
  
  He was the taller, more angular, with the more pronounced Northumbrian accent, but the resemblance was nonetheless apparent voslot
  
  He was the older, too, and had long referred to a knight of the realm as “Our Kid” voslot
  
  He adopted a slightly more formal approach, while seemingly choking up voslot
  
  “Bobby Charlton is the greatest player I’ve ever seen,” he said voslot
  
  “He’s me brother voslot
  
  ”It was 15 years ago, when Jack Charlton presented his younger brother with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the BBC voslot Sports Personality of the Year award voslot
  
  The clip has an added poignancy after Bobby’s death at 86; three years ago, a couple of months after his 85th birthday, Jack had died voslot
  
  The brothers were different players and very different characters – the wisecracking, outspoken Jack was more of a man of the people, but Bobby’s quiet dignity gave him a statesmanlike air voslot
  
  They were not always close but their achievements will live on voslot
  
  There have been 22 men’s voslot football World Cups and only two sets of brothers have won the most prestigious of prizes: Fritz and Ottmar Walter for West Germany in 1954, Bobby and Jack Charlton at West Germany’s expense in 1966 voslot
  
  It remains the most famous year in English voslot football history; perhaps it always will voslot
  
  At the heart of it was Bobby Charlton: the 1966 FWA voslot Footballer of the Year and Ballon d’Or winner, named by France voslot Football – in the days before Fifa had an official award – as the best player at the World Cup voslot
  
  Gary Lineker, who was a goal away from equalling Charlton’s long-standing national record of 49 for his country, called him England’s greatest ever player, Gary Neville, one of his successors as Manchester United captain, deemed him the greatest ever English player voslot
  
  They are not necessarily the same: but in Charlton’s case, he could be both voslot
  
  Perhaps only the other immortal Bobby – Moore, the 1966 captain – can challenge him for the title of the finest in an England shirt voslot
  
  RecommendedSir Bobby Charlton turned tragedy into triumph with unique style and perseveranceFans lay flowers and scarves at Old Trafford following death of Bobby CharltonTributes paid to ‘giant of the game’ Sir Bobby Charlton after his death at 86Charlton was the second English voslot footballer, and just the third man, to reach 100 caps voslot
  
  His 106th and last, in the 1970 quarter-final against West Germany, set a world record that Moore – and then many others – subsequently passed voslot
  
  He straddled eras – his first cap came alongside Tom Finney, who debuted in England’s first match after the Second World War, and one of the last alongside Emlyn Hughes, who represented his country in the 1980s – but defined one, a time of glory voslot
  
  Thirty years before Frank Skinner and David Baddiel sang about voslot football coming home, Charlton brought it back voslot
  
  Their lyric – “Bobby belting the ball” – conjured images, some in colour, some in black and white, of a figure with a combover hairstyle and the cannonball shot striking the ball with beautiful ferocity, often rising throughout its way into the net voslot
  
  Bobby Charlton, centre, celebrates with the World Cup at Wembley (Getty Images)Decades before the invention of expected goals, Charlton was scoring unexpected ones voslot
  
  Consider his opener against Mexico, England’s first of the 1966 World Cup, from such a distance that the chance of it going in was statistically low, except for one factor: that Charlton, with such power on either foot, was hitting it voslot
  
  He was the master of the long-range hit: if most of Lineker’s 48 goals were predatory finishes, many of Charlton’s 49 were spectacular voslot
  
  Such a clean striker of a ball was not a striker at all: largely a left winger in his younger days, later the attacking-midfield fulcrum of Sir Alf Ramsey’s ‘Wingless Wonders’ voslot
  
  He began in the old W-M formation, ended up as, in effect, the tip of a midfield diamond voslot
  
  It was a tactical shift, a belated move into modernity that Ramsey brought voslot
  
  If there was a pragmatism to England’s World Cup win, Charlton was the artist voslot
  
  With his brace against Portugal in the 1966 semi-final – like another double against Portuguese opposition, Benfica, in the 1968 European Cup final – he illustrated his talent could shine on the biggest of occasions voslot
  
  The 1966 semi-final was not seen by his father, Robert, a coal miner working a shift underground in his home town of Ashington; “his duty”, Bobby subsequently, and remarkably, reflected voslot
  
  On the grandest stage of all, the 1966 final, he was sacrificed, Charlton and Franz Beckenbauer deputed to man-mark each other voslot
  
  They received the same assignment in the 1970 quarter-final; England’s era of ascendency ended when Ramsey removed Charlton with 20 minutes remaining to save him for the semi-final, the 32-year-old distracted by the prospect of his withdrawal as Beckenbauer ran forward to reduce England’s lead to 2-1; without him, they lost 3-2 voslot
  
  Ramsey thanked him for his service on the plane back from Mexico: Bobby knew his England career, like Jack’s, was over voslot
  
  Bobby Charlton in action against his brother Jack (PA Archive)It could have been still more glorious: keep Charlton on and maybe England would have prevailed in 1970 voslot
  
  But for Garrincha’s brilliance, Charlton wondered if England would have been victorious in the 1962 quarter-final against Brazil, and then the tournament as a whole voslot
  
  He went to four World Cups in all, not taking the field in his first: time has rendered it more extraordinary that his England debut came in 1958, a couple of months after the Munich air disaster voslot
  
  He scored, too, but if a poorer performance on his third cap was understandable – it came in Belgrade, scene of the Busby Babes’ last game before Munich – it cost him his place in Walter Winterbottom’s starting 11 in Sweden voslot
  
  Were Duncan Edwards, Roger Byrne, Tommy Taylor and Eddie Colman to have lived, perhaps England would have won more and sooner voslot
  
  But it was Charlton who became the emblem of English voslot football; the face of what is now a bygone age voslot
  
  In its own way, it felt appropriate that a man who carried a huge responsibility for decades was the last survivor among the players at Munich; now it may be fitting that Geoff Hurst, who had the final say in 1966, is the last of Ramsey’s chosen 11, forever charged with paying tributes to his fallen comrades voslot
  
  And Bobby Charlton, the greatest player Jack ever saw, the greatest to have Three Lions on his shirt, took England to the summit of the global game voslot
  
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