Former UFC Featherweight Champion, Alex Volkanovski, doesn’t plan to drift round weight lessons.
Volkanovski has had a tough go contained in the Octagon in his final two outings, struggling brutal KO losses to Islam Makhachev and Ilia Topuria. With that mentioned, “The Nice” stays in a spot the place he’ll doubtless discover himself in one other 145-pound title struggle.
Whereas the previous featherweight kingpin had choices to doubtlessly make the journey to the light-weight division, he doesn’t imagine the UFC likes it when fighters flirt round with a number of weight lessons.
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Alexander Volkanovski Explains Sticking With Featherweight
Throughout an interview with Sky Sport NZ, Alexander Volkanovski admitted he anticipated the UFC 308 featherweight title struggle between Ilia Topuria and Max Holloway to happen sooner, as he might need been able to compete once more by late October.
“So, I used to be clearly conscious of that earlier on,” Volkanovski mentioned. “I informed them I wished the break as I’ve been having. So, I wished to struggle most likely later within the 12 months they usually mentioned they is perhaps doing that, however I believed it might’ve been slightly bit earlier, nevertheless it ended up being at a date the place I used to be like, ‘Oh, I might’ve perhaps come again right here.’”
Volkanovski has been recognized to remain lively contained in the Octagon, however he realizes that at this stage of his profession, the fights need to make sense.
“Look, I like to be lively, however on the similar time, I want the best fights,” Volkanovski mentioned.
“The Nice” additionally mentioned that whereas an enormous struggle at 155 kilos is engaging, he is aware of that the UFC doesn’t precisely recognize when its athletes wish to bounce round divisions.
“I might’ve perhaps accomplished a light-weight struggle,” Volkanovski admitted. “I believe there’s quite a lot of thrilling fights there, however the UFC aren’t large followers of floating. They go, ‘Look, you wanna go to light-weight, you’re gonna need to most likely keep there.’ That’s the one factor, after which I’d lose that featherweight title shot.”
There isn’t any doubt that Volkanovski will probably be protecting an in depth eye on the October twenty sixth UFC 308 featherweight title showdown between Topuria and Holloway.
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