{"id":892726,"date":"2026-09-12T07:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T07:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/892726\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T07:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T07:12:10","slug":"movsar-evloev-clears-up-retirement-rumors-before-title-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/892726\/","title":{"rendered":"Movsar Evloev Clears Up Retirement Rumors Before Title Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Movsar Evloev clarified that he is not going to retire after the UFC 333 bout, and he will be aiming for a win.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mmasucka.com\/..\/..\/news\/jean-silva-ready-for-title-shot-against-evloev-or-volkanovski-im-next\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Movsar Evloev <\/a>will be fighting in one of the biggest bouts of his life. Fighting for the <a href=\"https:\/\/mmasucka.com\/..\/..\/ufc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UFC <\/a>featherweight title, Evloev will be going up against the champion, <a href=\"https:\/\/mmasucka.com\/..\/..\/news\/alexander-volkanovski-drops-bold-prediction-for-joshua-van-vs-alexandre-pantoja-2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alexander Volkanovski. <\/a>However, ahead of their bout, it appeared as if the Russian MMA star was willing to retire if he loses his bout at UFC 333. Thankfully, the title contender recently cleared the air.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Movsar Evloev Won&#8217;t Retire Anytime Soon<\/p>\n<p>The miscommunication started with one of Evloev\u2019s comments under Volkanovski\u2019s comments. When a post shared how \u2018Volk\u2019 might walk away if he loses, the Russian star also commented \u201cSame Thing.\u201d Such an observation immediately went viral, with fans speculating about Evloev\u2019s performance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As the UFC featherweight fighter clarified, that isn&#8217;t the case. Speaking with BohnFire, Evloev stated, \u201cNo. No. That&#8217;s mean I&#8217;m gonna win. But like I said, everything can happen. Like you can be a like a favorite like for Like a hundred and ten or two hundred and one but one punch can like stop everything you prepared. And of course, I&#8217;m ready for this too. I&#8217;ll do everything to win. But anything can happen.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thebohnfiremma\/status\/2098522366787887262\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<p>Evloev is coming into the bout as an undefeated fighter. Having won his last couple of bouts against the likes of Aljamain Sterling and Lerone Murphy, the confidence level must be shooting through the roof. However, while fans have often called his fighting style boring, the Russian star had a fitting reply.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Movsar Evloev Replies to \u2018Boring\u2019 Claims<\/p>\n<p>Fans have recently complained that Evloev\u2019s fighting style is not interesting at all. Depending on a wrestling-heavy approach, fans have openly criticized his fights for being boring. Ahead of his all-important fight against Volkanovski, the featherweight star decided to open up about the same.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Evloev said, \u201cNo finish&#8217; doesn\u2019t mean boring. But I have a lot of fans who love my fights because of wrestling, because of, you know, some weird situations; my submission defense is great, and my striking is getting better. Takedowns are good when you understand MMA. I\u2019m here to be a champion, to be the best in the world, and to make my family happy by winning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MMA_PROS_PICK_\/status\/2095460636318687601\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<p>Evloev surely has a lot of dreams surrounding his big title fight. It&#8217;ll be interesting to see how he fares in the bout against the king of the division.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Movsar Evloev clarified that he is not going to retire after the UFC 333 bout, and he will&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":892727,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,46729,82,640],"class_list":["post-892726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-movsar-evloev","tag-sports","tag-ufc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892726","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=892726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/892727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=892726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=892726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=892726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}