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Evloev believes the
UFC doesn’t want him to fight for the featherweight title.
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Evloev is unbeaten in nine UFC outings with wins over Dan Ige,
Diego
Lopes, Arnold
Allen and Aljamain
Sterling. However, the undefeated Russian is yet to receive a
title shot.
Even Lopes surpassed him for the gold bid, suffering a unanimous
decision loss against Alexander
Volkanovski at UFC
314 earlier this month. With Evloev being essentially
undeniable, both Volkanovski and Lopes had agreed to fight him if
they won the title.
But Evloev believes his title shot might still be out of reach. The
31-year-old was in attendance at UFC 314 and tried to congratulate
Volkanovski personally. However, he was allegedly stopped by UFC
security and taken to a different side of the room, away from the
cameras. While Evloev believes he is already deserving of a title
shot, he is undeterred and willing to prove himself as many times
as needed.
„As I understand it, the UFC is trying to keep me as far away from
anything title related as possible,” Evloev told Kolos on MMA. “I was at UFC 314. After the fight, I
had the opportunity to talk to the UFC. They did not want this.
When the event was over, we were walking out through the hallway.
Volk was standing not far from me, talking to the fans, talking to
the staff, taking pictures… I wanted to go up to him, talk to
him, congratulate him personally, ask him about the fight, but the
security guys didn’t let me and took me to the opposite side.
“This shows who the UFC wants to see in the fight for the belt…
Apparently in their eyes, I am not worthy of the title yet. Give me
the opportunity to prove that I’m worthy. If nine wins in the best
organization in the world isn’t enough, I’m ready to fight nine
more times.”