Henry Cejudo makes bold Alexander Volkanovski vs. Max Holloway claim

Henry Cejudo urges Max Holloway to stay at featherweight and problem Alexander Volkanovski.

Volkanovski (27-5 MMA, 14-4 UFC) reclaimed the featherweight belt by defeating Diego Lopes (27-6 MMA, 6-1 UFC) in Saturday’s UFC 314 primary occasion at Kaseya Heart in Miami.

A number of high contenders resembling UFC 314 winners Yair Rodriguez and Jean Silva, in addition to Movsar Evloev, are vying for a shot at Volkanovski. Nonetheless, Cejudo suggests former champion Holloway (26-8 MMA, 22-8 UFC) as an alternative. Though Holloway is 0-3 in title fights towards Volkanovski, Cejudo sees him successful this time round.

“I really feel like 145 is vast open,” Cejudo informed MMA Junkie. “I really feel like the one that ought to come again is Max Holloway. I feel Max Holloway does a quantity on everyone at that weight class. Sure, one hundred pc (he beats Volkanovski). Clearly he did get knocked out by Ilia (Topuria) too, however I simply really feel like his quantity, I really feel like he’s more healthy, he’s obtained the higher chin, and I really feel prefer it’ll undoubtedly be totally different this time round.”

Cejudo defined that he didn’t like what he noticed out of Volkanovski defensively by way of his response time.

“Volkanovski did look good, but when he will get touched up, I virtually really feel like there’s one thing to it,” Cejudo stated. “Like he over-exaggerates when Diego was hitting him. He’s obtained to watch out with that. I can return and see why is it that Ilia Topuria ended up knocking him out.

“He does numerous issues good, however he does numerous issues incorrect, significantly defensively. He’s at all times doing this (leans again) or he’ll go for the takedown, and he’ll come up with out his palms developing, and I really feel like if Diego actually invested in that hook, it might be just a little totally different.”