“I don’t know if one division can keep me busy enough”, Alexander Volkanovski wishes to defend both belts if he is crowned champion


“I don’t know if one division can keep me busy enough”, Alexander Volkanovski wishes to defend both belts if he is crowned champion

Alexander Volkanovski

Alexander Volkanovski does not want fans to be concerned that if he becomes champion, two of the UFC’s deepest divisions would slow down. At the UFC 276 media day on Wednesday, the incumbent featherweight champion told everyone that he is not only eager in competing for the lightweight championship in the future but that he would like to defend both of them. And he’s not about to settle for anything less. 

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Volkanovski must first complete his trilogy with Max Holloway this Saturday in the co-main event of UFC 276. If he can defeat Holloway for the third time, he will face a field of eager featherweights. 

Alexander Volkanovski stated during the UFC 276 media day on Wednesday, “My work’s definitely not done at featherweight. You’ve got a bunch of killers coming through. Josh Emmett, who’s just come off a fight. Your Kattars, Yair Rodriguez fighting Ortega, so that’s going to be big. Arnold Allen. There’s plenty of guys. There’s plenty of killers coming through, they’re just not there yet, but while I’m keeping busy with this, who knows? In a couple of months, we might have a clear guy that everyone wants to see, so I’ll be keen to bring that on. But we’ll see what our options are after this fight.”

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“I think that I deserve that”, Alexander Volkanovski is prepared to win the lightweight title

Alexander Volkanovski
Alexander Volkanovski

Alexander “The Great” Volkanovski even informs the press that he’s not just interested in fighting for the lightweight championship in the future, but that he’d like to defend both of them.

When asked whether he wanted to move up to 155 pounds, Volkanovski responded yes. Alexander says, “It has to be for the belt. I think that I deserve that. What’s going to motivate me? Obviously, challenges, or a massive fight, you know people take money fights or whatever it is, the real big fights obviously we’d be motivated, it’s something that I want to do. I want to go for that double champ status, but let’s worry about Max this weekend. Yeah, I definitely see myself calling for whoever has that belt.”

The UFC lightweight belt is now vacant after Charles Oliveira’s title was stripped when he failed to make weight for his bout against Justin Gaethje at UFC 274 in May. While no fight for the vacant lightweight championship has been set, he is sure to be mentioned in any lightweight championship bout discussions. Volkanovski is certain that the UFC will let him defend both championships.

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