Volkanovski Hit by Lopes Extra Occasions Than He Envisioned
Coming off back-to-back knockout losses in opposition to Islam Makhachev and Ilia Topuria, many puzzled how a lot sturdiness Alexander Volkanovski has left. He was capable of take a number of strikes from Lopes and caught to his recreation plan anyway to in the end win the struggle. Talking to media members throughout the post-fight press convention, “The Nice” mentioned he ate leather-based extra occasions than he would’ve preferred (by way of MMAFighting).
“I imply, if the whole lot’s good, I’d in all probability prefer to go quickly,” Volkanovski mentioned. “Faster than that, to be sincere. That’s in all probability the second struggle. So perhaps it may be, if I’m good, perhaps I get the struggle, perhaps July or September. Yeah, we will perhaps slot in. Movsar [Evloev], in the event that they need to try this, in the event that they need to rapidly go and I really feel good, perhaps fast turnaround with Movsar if I don’t have busted arms. We’ll see. Like I mentioned, that was my plan. Bang, bang, bang. However I didn’t count on to get hit this a lot. Credit score to f*cking Diego.”
Volkanovski will now stay up for what’s subsequent. The final consensus is that Movsar Evloev is the rightful No. 1 contender at featherweight. Yair Rodriguez has been pounding the desk for one more title shot, and an opportunity to avenge his 2023 loss to Volkanovski. We’ll see what the UFC brass decides to do within the coming months.
