Number three in the UFC heavyweight division Alexander Volkov told he would like to fight at the Abu Dhabi tournament on October 26, but has not yet received a contract for the fight.
At a tournament in Saudi Arabia on June 22, the 35-year-old Russian heavyweight defeated Sergei Pavlovich by decision and has now won four straight. Currently, the organization’s interim champion belt belongs to Briton Tom Aspinall and. The full title is held by American representative Jon Jones, who spent a fight in the heavyweight category 1 in March 2023.
— First, there was news that you could secure the fight between Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic in November. Now that you will be able to fight on October 26 in Abu Dhabi with Cyril Gan.
— Regarding my ability to fight Miocic-Jones, of course, I am ready, but I want to fight on October 26 in Abu Dhabi, and after this fight, if I win, I will be, of course, ready to be a reserve fighter in the fight against Jones and Miocic. But I do not have a contract yet for a fight in Abu Dhabi.
Overall, I consider Jones vs. Miocic to be just another superfight because it’s not exactly a title fight in the MMA canon, and in a sporting sense, it’s not a championship belt fight. Miocic is ranked below many contenders, hasn’t competed in three years, and I don’t think he’s relevant as a contender right now. Jon Jones has only had one fight in the heavyweight division, went straight to the title and beat, in my opinion, a scared or confused Gan. And now he’s been waiting over a year for the fight with Stipe. In other words, they’ve both locked up the division.
As for the real belt, I see it as a situation where there should have been a fight between Gan and Aspinall, and I, as the winner of the fight with Pavlovich, would become the number one contender and fight the winner of that pairing. But with Cyril Gun apparently avoiding the fight with Aspinall, probably for the same reason he lost to Jones, Aspinall and Curtis Blaydes are now fighting for the interim belt.
“As a result, the situation is this: in order to save the world, the championship belt and the reputation of the UFC, I must first defeat Espinal, then defeat Jon Jones and unify the temporary and real UFC heavyweight belts,” Volkov told .
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