Main Event<\/a>. \u201cWhich probably isn\u2019t the case, but I honestly think that\u2019s going to be the conversation after I get the job done.<\/p>\nAlready considered to be one of the greatest fighters of all time, Volkanovski sits in rarefied air even holding a title at this age, and he admits it would be \u201ccool\u201d to defend the featherweight title at 38. But for him, this fight is more about the prospect of taking on an undefeated fighter in his prime and shutting him down completely.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to fight the best,\u201d Volkanovski said. \u201cDon\u2019t come to me with your half-ass, \u2018I don\u2019t want to wrestle because I want to entertain.\u2019 No. That ain\u2019t happening. I want to fight the best. I\u2019ve always wanted to fight the best. I wanted the biggest challenge. For me, stylistically, I think it\u2019s a great fight for me, and I don\u2019t think it\u2019s the craziest challenge for me. But he\u2019s the best guy, who deserves it, and I\u2019m the champ that fights the best guys, and that\u2019s that. \u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cHe doesn\u2019t have the knockout power threat. But, in saying that, because I\u2019m so confident in my takedown defense, in my game, that his best bet is to knock me out. A lot of people are like, \u2018He\u2019s going to just try and wrestle.\u2019 That\u2019s gonna be thrown out the window after one or two rounds. He\u2019s gonna be getting too tired to want to keep trying to take me down.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo literally, I believe he\u2019d be better off just swinging and trying to catch me. Honestly, that\u2019s what I truly believe. No one in my division can beat me in a decision. And I know that seems to be the only way he wins, but against me that ain\u2019t happening. I truly do believe that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Instead, what Volkanovski believes will happen is the type of vintage performance that leaves fans flabbergasted and truly proves how great he is.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s pretty obvious what I\u2019ll do to Movsar,\u201d Volkanovski said. \u201cMovsar\u2019s gonna want to shoot. He knows how to win, he knows how to get the fight where he wants it, but that just ain\u2019t gonna happen with me. Movsar will look for the takedown. It ain\u2019t gonna work. Even if he does get my back to the mat, I\u2019m bouncing straight back up. I\u2019m breaking free, I\u2019m in his face, and I\u2019m gonna be putting hands on him. I truly do believe I\u2019m going to put it on Movsar. \u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cYou will definitely be saying, \u2018This, honestly, looks like Volk in his prime.\u2019 I honestly believe headlines are going to be \u2014 that narrative after this fight. Is it because I\u2019m in my prime? No. It\u2019s because that\u2019s the fight; that\u2019s how that fight is going to play out.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think that this is the perfect matchup for me, where I get to go out there and shine, probably greater than I\u2019ve shined in there. This could be one of my great performances \u2014 at 38 years old. Which is pretty cool.\u201d<\/p>\n
UFC 333 takes place on Oct. 24 at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alexander Volkanovski is under no illusions about still being in his prime, but he\u2019s planning on performing like…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":557587,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,701,638,82,640],"class_list":["post-873865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-latest-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=873865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/557587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=873865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=873865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=873865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}