Alexander Volkanovski and Ilia Topuria will be united forever since February 2024. In that distant month the Hispanic-Georgian fighter defeated the Australian by Ko To thus become the First Spanish UFC champion. It was a spectacular performance of a topuria that Doy is still unbeaten (16-0) and now has before him the challenge of taking a second belt to the lightweight. You can get it, or not, but what is certain is that Volkanovski has not forgotten him.
After recovering the throne of the pen weight, which managed to defeat Diego Lopes (26-7) in the last UFC 314, in Miami, Volkanovski admits to having had a really bad time after not only losing with an knocked topuria, but suffering the same destination against Makhachev. Just for that, ‘Volk’ gives you an immense value to have been answered To return to the top.
“I am probably more proud to have recovered from two losses per ko than to be champion again. The curse of the 35 years and all that is just a number … After the defeats per KO, it is something that, scientifically, can be demonstrated: it is difficult to recover. The trust and ease of being knocked out … I would lie if I were not thinking about that. Many people say they lose confidence and that it simply costs him after a ko. I tell you from now on, it’s normal. I think it was great to overcome it, even receive blows, even fall. I am glad to have overcome it because that will help me even more in the future, “says the ‘Aussie’.
Already morally recovered, and being able to continue fighting at the highest level, Volkanovski does not hide that you already think about a possible rematch with Topuria, whom he praises without tapping for his immaculate trajectory in the UFC. “You have to respect what Ilyia Topuria does… wants to go for the light weights, let it do their thing. Maybe when he defends again, if he wins … then we will have a rematch in light weight. Wow, there is nothing bigger that. That is the perfect world for me, “he says.
A future issue
Despite Volkanovski’s intention, the reality is that it sounds like a future project rather than something that can be done in the short term. Topuria has changed category and its plan is to be the best in the world in the same. For this, it will not be enough to get a belt and leave, but You must put much more on your part.
