Earlier tonight, Alexander Volkanovski acquired his hand raised in entrance of his residence crowd at UFC 325 and efficiently defended his featherweight title for the primary time in his second reign.
‘The Nice’ as soon as extra fought a well-calculated and technical battle and stayed out of Lopes’ firing vary within the title rematch. The champ continually circled and waited for Lopes to get aggressive, in order that he may catch him off guard, and the sport plan labored.
Though Lopes managed to drop ‘The Nice’ as soon as and even threatened him with a couple of submission makes an attempt, it was Alexander Volkanovski who maintained the upper tempo and constant output all through.
After 25 minutes, the 37-year-old cruised to a comfortable unanimous decision victory.
‘The Nice’ needs to face Movsar Evloev or Lerone Murphy subsequent.
Execs react to Alexander Volkanovski’s technical masterclass at UFC 325
Ben Askren posted on X:
“Volk is a timeless. He doesn’t decelerate, simply retains bringing warmth as he will get older.”
Movsar Evloev, who might be subsequent in line to battle the Australian, wrote:
“Nice battle by @alexvolkanovski , he confirmed you could get higher at that age. I can’t wait to share a cage to point out why I’m totally different than these guys! #ufc325”
The MMA Guru was not impressed with the UFC 325 primary occasion. He quipped:
“Actually canines*it battle in the primary occasion, nothing from both fighter. Volk simply jabbing and tapping with low kicks on the again foot. Had that lots nearer than 50-45 I believed Lopes may’ve took a detailed spherical 2 and 4. Then gained spherical 3 as a result of he actually dropped Volk #UFC325.”
Henry Cejudo hailed Alexander Volkanovski for matching the legendary Jose Aldo’s UFC featherweight title record of eight UFC title battle wins.
“Best featherweight of all-time #UFC325 🇦🇺🏆”
Brian Ortega reacted:
“Volk attempting the Gulli was loopy. 👀 @ufc”
Ariel Helwani wrote:
“Volkanovski is timeless. Some man for one man. He’ll win this through determination little question.”
Aaron Bronsteter posted:
“Volkanovski AND STILL (49-46 x2, 50-45)”
Former UFC champ Belal Muhammad posted on X:
“Volk nonetheless acquired it, who stated he was gonna retire? He’s nonetheless recent.”
Kevin Vallejos posted:
“Volk is the perfect featherweight ever #UFC325”
Thiago Moisés wrote on X:
Volk is a beast. A real legend #UFC325
