Former UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski needs a combat with Dustin Poirier.
‘The Nice’ hasn’t competed since his title protection towards Ilia Topuria in February. That combat noticed Alexander Volkanovski’s historic featherweight reign come to an finish in gorgeous style. ‘El Matador’ ended the Australian’s title reign with a brutal second-round stoppage victory.
Within the months since then, Alexander Volkanovski has known as for a rematch with Topuria. Nonetheless, the newly topped champion has as a substitute proven curiosity in a possible bout with Max Holloway. For his half, ‘Blessed’ is coming off a violent knockout victory over Justin Gaethje at UFC 300 in April.
Within the occasion that Alexander Volkanovski can’t combat for featherweight gold, he needs a light-weight combat as a substitute. Talking in an interview on Israel Adesanya’s YouTube channel, the previous champion mentioned his future. There, Volkanovski known as for fights with former light-weight titleholders, Charles Oliveira and Dustin Poirier.
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Former UFC champion Alexander Volkanovski requires a combat with Dustin Poirier
Whereas Alexander Volkanovski has known as to combat each males earlier than and talked about a bout with Dustin Poirier final month. For his half, ‘The Diamond’ is contemporary off a fifth-round submission loss to Islam Makhachev at UFC 302 final month. Whereas Poirier has talked about retirement as of late, Volkanovski would love the possibility to combat him.
“I would like an thrilling combat like a Charles Oliveria, and I did name out [Dustin] Poirier.” Alexander Volkanovski acknowledged within the interview. “He’s an important dude and we get alongside. I feel he’s a superb man and clearly, it’s a giant enjoyable combat. There’s historical past there with mutual opponents we’ve fought. He used to combat at featherweight and stuff like that.”
He continued, “Clearly, he’s a giant title, and a enjoyable combat that will be. So, that’s thrilling… The UFC is aware of that [my next featherweight fight will be for a title] and I do know that. At light-weight, we will have a little bit of enjoyable. One thing thrilling, a giant combat that excites me.”
What do you make of those feedback from the previous UFC featherweight champion? Do you need to see Alexander Volkanovski vs. Dustin Poirier?