Alexander Volkanovski efficiently recaptured the vacant 145-pound title together with his determination victory over Brazilian wunderkind Diego Lopes atop the UFC 314 pay-per-view (PPV) occasion final weekend in Miami.
“The Nice” may transfer on to make his first featherweight title protection reverse undefeated Russian phenom Movsar Evloev sooner or later later this 12 months, now that Evloev is not chasing this rematch.
Volkanovski opened because the slight betting favourite at -150 in opposition to +130 for Evloev, based on SportsBetting.ag.
“I believe [Evloev] is an efficient wrestler, he’s good at getting folks down, however he doesn’t actually do a lot with it as soon as he will get them down,” Volkanovski’s coach, Joe Lopez, informed Submission Radio. “And that’s what I assume makes him boring. So he simply hangs onto them. And I don’t assume he’s going to have the ability to grasp onto Volk.”
“You already know, Volk is simply so robust, and his scrambling expertise and his jiu jitsu and wrestling are one other stage,” Lopez continued. “He looks like a heavyweight on high of you. After which, he simply doesn’t grasp onto you. He’s seeking to land some bombs or an elbow or one thing on you. So that you don’t need to be on the underside when Alex is on high.”
The promotion has but to make the Evloev struggle official or reveal a possible timeline for Volkanovski’s return, which might be delayed due to this damage.
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