Russian featherweight Movsar Evloev told that in the fight for the title of the UFC champion, the Australian Alexa Volkanovski With Ilia Topuria will support the Spanish fighter of Georgian origin, despite the existing conflict with him.
Previously, Evloev, 29, and Topuria, 26, were supposed to fight and left unflattering comments about each other in the media. On February 17, Topuria is scheduled to fight for the belt in the featherweight division against current champion Volkanovski at UFC 298. Evloev, ranked ninth, will face Arnold Allen at UFC 297.
— Alex Volkanovski returns from featherweight to lightweight after a knockout of Islam Makhachev. Do you think a knockout loss could prevent him from becoming the most dominant champion in featherweight history?
— I doubt the history of the UFC, because I want to beat its record. But as for his recent knockout against Islam, it was a very tough knockout, Islam almost tore his head off. And I fear he will fight in a very short time. As an athlete who has experienced many knockouts, I know that after something like this it takes at least 5-6 months to recover without training. It happens that after a knockout you are not even allowed to hit a punching bag for a long time. Because it also affects the brain. And if you haven’t recovered properly, it’s much easier to get knocked out again. And so… I think it won’t decrease his strength, he just needs to be more careful taking hard hits.
— He is fighting against Ilia Topuria, with whom you had a public altercation. Who are you going to support?
“It would be good for me if Ilya won, because we have a history with him and we could kill two birds with one stone: fighting for the title and taking care of him. But we have to pay tribute to the champion, I wouldn’t want him to lose like that. He already has two defeats in his last three fights. Another defeat would greatly affect his legacy. I wouldn’t want him to leave the pedestal like that,” Evloev told .
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