Alexander Volkanovski eyes future fight with former UFC featherweight titleholder
Alexander Volkanovski is keen on the Lerone Murphy fight to close out the calendar year, but there is a certain former UFC featherweight champion that Volk has also shown an eagerness to fight against someday. After claiming the vacant crown against Diego Lopes at UFC 314, Volk has underscored to many that he is a strong contender for being the greatest 145-pound fighter in MMA history.
Volk has statement wins over former divisional kingpins like Max Holloway and Jose Aldo, but it seems like he also wants the scalp of Conor McGregor someday, who also fits within that UFC championship lineage. In an appearance on The Unscripted Show, when asked about a desired future fight, Volkanovski stated [via Bloody Elbow],
“Probably Conor [McGregor], man [I would pick to fight], a lot of people are gonna sit there and be like, ‘Oh yeah Conor is a boring answer’ but he was in the featherweight division, that era when he was just an absolute superstar.”
“The position you could put yourself in just fighting that guy. When you talk about building your platform, when we talk about money and all of that… The platform you on, you need to take advantage of it and that’s one fast track to getting people to notice you.”
“He was a good fighter; he was a great fighter. He was another fighter that his accuracy, he was actually a bit ahead of his time, he was really good, I don’t think people give him credit… He had great timing, great set ups, good understanding of what works and what works for him, and yeah, he was sharp.”
“A lot of that is gone now he’s probably gonna be reasonably sharp but he’s never gonna be the same Conor McGregor.”