Ghosts have a means of haunting UFC champions.
UFC featherweight titleholder, Alex Volkanovski, will quickly make his return to MMA for the primary time since his devastating knockout loss to light-weight kingpin Islam Makhachev, a unexpectedly assembled rematch that pulled the portly Aussie off the sofa with lower than two weeks to organize.
“The Nice” promised an “absolute nightmare” at UFC 294 in Abu Dhabi and welp, he delivered — simply not the one he was anticipating.
Now a number of months faraway from the “harm” of his Makhachev loss, Volkanovski insists he’s “utterly moved on” from his most up-to-date efficiency, because of the preparation of his Ilia Topuria title combat within the UFC 298 headliner this weekend in Anaheim.
“I’ve utterly moved on,” Volkanovski (26-3) informed Most important Occasion. “That’s one advantage of me, as quickly as I’ve received a job in entrance of me or a purpose, that’s it, I’m locked in. That was the case. As soon as I knew I used to be combating Ilia I used to be in a position to transfer on, nevertheless it was nearly the correct time. Clearly I don’t like shedding, in order that did harm, however on the identical time I attempt to problem myself and do one thing that was at all times going to be a tall ask. It simply exhibits you ways necessary preparation is. It was simpler for me to maneuver on and form of lock in, take preparatIon significantly, as a result of we don’t need a consequence like final time.”
Volkanovski, 35, has simply two losses in 15 fights below the UFC banner — each to Makhachev.
The 27 year-old Topuria (14-0) stored his undefeated streak intact by knocking round featherweight bruiser Josh Emmett at UFC on ABC 5 final June. “El Matador” was in a position to leapfrog the remainder of the High 5 as a result of Volkanovski and longtime rival, Max Holloway, have executed a fairly good job of shutting down many of the eligible contenders.
“He’s gonna be embarrassed, eat a few of his phrases, and it’s gonna be perhaps the beginning of his journey,” Volkanovski informed his YouTube followers. “He’s younger, he’s assured. I’ll humble him, he’ll bounce again and begin after I give him a very good beating. Spherical two, I feel. I feel I crumble him within the first. I’m not saying that he’s gonna be a simple combat, however I feel simply how assured he’s, he hasn’t been in a position to show that. I show that each time I step on this gymnasium. I push myself to the bounds. I don’t know if he does. He doesn’t act prefer it so I’m gonna push him, and I feel I crumble him inside one and I get the end quickly after that.”
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