Alexander Volkanovski is excited for his opportunity to run things back with UFC featherweight champ Ilia Topuria.
Volkanovski (26-4 MMA, 13-3 UFC) lost his featherweight title to Topuria (15-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) by second-round knockout in February at UFC298 Topuria is fishing for his veryfirst title defense to be versus Max Holloway, then desires a arena battle vs. Conor McGregor in Spain.
Volkanovski doesn’t put too much stock into Topuria’s vibrant aspirations and hopes to rematch Topuria if he gets past Holloway. Volkanovski combated Topuria less than 4 months after getting knocked out by Islam Makhachev at UFC 294 and is positive he’d be a much muchbetter variation in a rematch versus Topuria.
“Ilia is a excellent fighter – let’s see duetothefactthat the next Volkanovski is going to turn up,” Volkanovski informed The AllStar. “The genuine Volkanovski, I warranty you that, and let’s see if Ilia can manage that. Again, I’m not taking anything away from him, I’m not stating he can’t. He’s certainly got heavy hands. He’s undoubtedly got great ability, however I desire him to be checked versus t