Russian Islam Makhachev in the second duel with the Australian Alex Volkanovski it will be easier to win. A Russian fighter shared this opinion with Vyacheslav Vasilevsky .
On Sunday night, Volkanovski defeated Mexico’s Yair Rodriguez by third-round TKO and defended the UFC featherweight belt. The Australian won the title in December 2019 and has since managed five defenses. In February of this year, Volkanovski lost to Makhachev by judges’ decision, what was at stake in this fight was the Russian lightweight belt. Earlier, it was reported that Makhachev’s next fight is set to take place on October 21 at the UFC tournament in Abu Dhabi.
– In principle, Volkanovski’s form is always cosmic. He is always attentive, ready and motivated. And in the fight with Makhachev he was well prepared, because there was no way for Volkanovski to breathe. Just stylistically, Islam is inconvenient for Volkanovski, plus dimensions (Volkanovski’s height is 168 cm, and Makhachev’s is 178 cm). Their revenge is certainly interesting. In my opinion, it will be even easier for Makhachev on the other hand. Now Islam has realized how strong Volkanovski is and he won’t play boxing/kickboxing with him. He will try to translate, “control”, end up in the stalls. It will be difficult to fight on points. I repeat, it will be easier for Islam to take revenge. But that doesn’t negate the fact that Volkanovski is a machine, Vasilevsky told .
Makhachev defeated Oliveira in the second round in October 2022 to win the vacant UFC lightweight belt. The Brazilian closed that defeat in June with a win over American Beneil Dariush. Now Oliveira is a contender for the title fight.
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