UFC featherweight contender Lerone Murphy has spoken about his seemingly imminent showdown with Alexander Volkanovski.
On Saturday evening, Lerone Murphy knocked out Aaron Pico to make himself the primary challenger for the featherweight title. Alexander Volkanovski made it crystal clear shortly after the end result that he desires to face Murphy in December, and outdoors of the UFC making it official, it definitely appears to be the course that we’re heading in.
Forward of that collision, Lerone Murphy gave his ideas on dealing with off with Volkanovski.
Lerone Murphy appears forward to Alexander Volkanovski combat
“December can be good for me,” Murphy stated on the UFC 319 post-fight press convention. “It offers me time to recharge, spend a while with the household, and work on some bits and get higher and are available again higher. December can be nice to share the octagon with Volkanovski, one of many featherweight GOATs. I added one other scalp to my already high quality resume. I’m 9 fights undefeated now. I’ve 10 fights within the UFC now: One draw and 9 wins. It’s time for a title combat.”
“It’s important to combat all people in another way,” Murphy stated. “You possibly can’t stand and commerce with Josh Emmett. It’s simply not good. We’ve seen what he does to guys who try this. So to get a knockout now, I’m shutting these haters up. I do know I can try this. I do know what I’ve obtained within the bag. I do know the perfect model of me has not been present but, and I’ll present it in December.”
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It’s definitely not going to be straightforward for Murphy to get the win and the gold in opposition to ‘The Nice’ Alex Volkanovski, however on the very least, it’s going to make for a reasonably attention-grabbing conflict between two very technical, very intriguing fighters.
