Who is going to challenge the featherweight champion, Alexander Volkanovski, next? This is the question that has been bothering the fighting community for quite some time now. And of course, ‘The Great’ wasn’t immune to it as well. Following his victory over Diego Lopes, many claimed that he should now defend his featherweight belt against Movsar Evloev. Meanwhile, many others put him against Lopes in a rematch. But things seemed to go haywire with the recent fiasco between Lopes and Yair Rodriguez.
But amidst all that drama, rumors of Rodriguez getting a title shot against Volkanovski were also running wild. Needless to say, Lerone Murphy and many others didn’t believe that it was good for the division. According to Murphy, Rodriguez wasn’t really a good matchup for Volkanovski, and he pleaded to Dana White to get Evloev a shot at the featherweight title. But what does the champion think of it?
UFC Australia and New Zealand recently shared a clip on X where ‘The Great’ weighed in on his next bout. He said, “What’s next for me? So, nothing’s too clear. There’s a lot of moving parts. Obviously, before the fight, I was thinking it’s gonna be Movsar, but I think he’s fighting. He mentioned him fighting…” That’s true, too. Evloev is currently set to battle Aaron Pico on 26th July, which means a matchup between Volkanovski and Evloev might not happen anytime soon.
The Australian champion continued, “Hearing Yair’s name getting mentioned a fair bit. Just a date of September has, you know, but that’s just probably not the best date. Obviously, I’m having a baby that month. So, if we could work around that, that would be better. So, we’ll just see what’s happening. Again, a lot of moving parts. We’re planning on having a chat with the boss, you know, Dana and Hunter [Campbell], very soon. So, we’ll see what’s going on.”
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