russian fighter Magomed Ismailov believes that the Australian featherweight champion Alex Volkanovski it will be difficult to fight russian Islam Makhachev due to its size.
Makhachev will defend his lightweight (70.3kg) title on Feb. 11 in Perth against Volkanovski, who will move up to a new weight for himself.
– Volkanovski is losing size, which means it will be easier for Islam to fight. It seems to me that this is a bad challenge for Volkanovski, he will not fight with Makhachev,” the correspondent said, citing Ismailov.
For Makhachev, the fight in Australia will be the first defense of the belt, won in October in Abu Dhabi in a duel with Charles Oliveira.
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