UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski is arguably among the finest to ever compete in combined martial arts at 145-pounds. The now two-time champion in his weight class just lately sat down with Josh Mansour on Unscripted for a uncooked and unfiltered chat and talked a couple of potential superfight down the highway.
“In all probability Conor, man (I might choose to combat), lots of people are gonna sit there and be like, ‘Oh yeah Conor is a boring reply’ however he was within the featherweight division, that period when he was simply an absolute celebrity,” Volkanovski.
“The place you would put your self in simply combating that man. If you discuss constructing your platform, once we discuss cash and all of that… The platform you on, you’ll want to reap the benefits of it and that’s one quick observe to getting folks to note you.
“He was a very good fighter, he was a terrific fighter. He was one other fighter that his accuracy, he was truly a bit forward of his time, he was actually good, I don’t assume folks give him credit score… He had nice timing, nice set ups, good understanding of what works and what works for him, and yeah, he was sharp.
“Numerous that’s gone now he’s in all probability gonna be fairly sharp however he’s by no means gonna be the identical Conor McGregor,” Volk continued.
Volkanovski defeated Diego Lopes at UFC 314 earlier this 12 months to say the vacant time, his second belt beneath the UFC banner.
McGregor is a former two-division champion, holding belts at each featherweight and light-weight.