UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski has given his ideas on being booked to defend his strap towards Diego Lopes at UFC 325, the identical man he defeated to win the belt again in April.
Final night time, Dana White shocked the combined martial arts world by revealing that Diego Lopes could be getting a shot at Alexander Volkanovski’s world title, lower than a yr after ‘The Nice’ beat him pretty convincingly. On condition that Lerone Murphy and Movsar Evloev are each thought of to be on the verge of a championship alternative in their very own proper, numerous followers and pundits had been left feeling fairly confused by this resolution.
In fact, everyone knows that Alexander Volkanovski is the sort of man who’s going to combat nearly anybody who’s put in entrance of him. Nonetheless, provided that he can be virtually a yr older by the point this contest rolls round, you must wonder if or not that is the combat he really needs.
In a current video on his channel, Alexander Volkanovski gave his personal ideas on this reserving transfer from the UFC.
Alexander Volkanovski’s view on Diego Lopes rematch
“Clearly, I wished to combat a bit earlier,” Volkanovski stated on his YouTube channel. “I believed it was going to be December. We thought Lerone Murphy, December, then I assume the UFC had been ready for Jean Silva and Lopes. Then they had been saying Lopes, and clearly we’re like, ‘We simply fought that man. Is there extra deserving folks or not?’ Everybody is aware of I’ll combat anybody.”
“UFC actually wished Lopes, however at the least everybody is aware of they’re in for a deal with,” Volkanovski added. ‘It’s going to be a really thrilling combat. With Movsar and Lerone, they’re extra deserving, however are they going to carry the combat like Lopes would? I believe the followers are going to understand the combat that me and Lopes are going to have.”
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Lerone Murphy clearly isn’t more than happy about this resolution however, to his credit score, he has opted to mud himself off and put together for no matter problem the UFC throws at him subsequent.
