UFC legend Robert Whittaker has given his ideas on who the best featherweight of all time is, with Alexander Volkanovski and Ilia Topuria on the prime of the checklist.
Tonight, Alexander Volkanovski will collide with Diego Lopes with the UFC featherweight championship being on the road. Whereas many consider that Volk will have the ability to do sufficient to get the win, as he did of their first assembly, there’s no denying that Lopes’ energy serves as an actual risk – which we noticed when he dropped ‘The Nice’ final yr.
Past that, although, Alexander Volkanovski is seeking to additional his case for being the best featherweight within the historical past of the UFC, and maybe all of combined martial arts. He’s definitely within the twilight of his profession at this level but when he continues to choose up spectacular wins, it’s going to be exhausting to disclaim him on the prime of that mountain.
In a current look, Robert Whittaker gave his ideas on each Alexander Volkanovski and the insanely proficient former featherweight champ Ilia Topuria.
Robert Whittaker on Alexander Volkanovski/Ilia Topuria debate
“I really feel like he must be on the prime of my checklist, virtually on the very tippy prime, due to the work he did,” Whittaker stated of Topuria in the course of the UFC 325 morning weigh-in present. “I perceive that, however he dismantled nice after nice after which moved up a weight class and dismantled one other nice. I really feel like you may’t disregard that.
“I really feel like you may’t disregard the truth that he knocked out Volk and Max. Volk is on the prime of my checklist as a result of it’s Volk. He has ran that division since day dot, and it’s Volk. I’m biased. Volk is my No. 1, Ilia is my No. 2. Volk and Max have been the boogeymen of that division. They have been operating by means of folks, fights weren’t shut till they fought one another after which Ilia dismantled each of them.”
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