UFC champion in the weight category up to 65.8 kg Alex Volkanovski in an interview with , he noted that Islam Makhachev is a much tougher opponent than Eddie Alvarez for Conor McGregor .
The UFC 284 tournament with the participation of fighters will take place on the night of February 11 to 12 at the RAC Arena in Perth, Australia. In his last fight, Makhachev defeated Charles Oliveira. The 31-year-old Russian lightweight has 23 wins and one loss. Volkanovski has 25 wins and one loss. For the sake of the fight, Volkanovski changed weight classes.
– What you do, Conor McGregor was able to do it in 2016 and Max Holloway tried to do it in 2018: go from 66 to 70 kg and win the title. But Conor beat Eddie Alvarez, who had worse stats than Islam, and Conor himself had more losses than you. On this basis, do you consider your fight against Islam as more important for the history of MMA?
“Conor was the first to do it while being a champion. I think it’s pretty important to be the first to win a double championship. And, of course, that fight was more important because it had a name: Conor.
Do I think Islam is a tougher fight than its [Конора] fight for a double championship? Yes, I think Islam is a much bigger test and obviously a much bigger victory. But I will do what I plan and I plan to defeat a man like Islam. Not only is it cool to be a champion, but to do it against someone like Islam is very, very important. I guess I should say it’s a much bigger challenge than what Conor did for his lightweight title, Volkanovski told .
On November 12, 2016, Conor McGregor defeated Eddie Alvarez by TKO to become the first fighter in UFC history to win championship belts in two weight classes at the same time. McGregor beat Alvarez when he also moved from featherweight to lightweight (up to 70.3kg) and fought the defending champion in another class champion status.
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