Jorge Masvidal: Movsar Evloev on a ‘different level’ than Alexander Volkanovski

Jorge
Masvidal believes his
American Top Team stablemate Movsar
Evloev has a different kind of momentum.

Evloev is currently considered the frontrunner for the next
featherweight title shot against Alexander
Volkanovski. Masvidal recently predicted that Evloev will
dethrone Volkanovski in a potential fight. Masvidal notes that he
had also correctly predicted Evloev’s last win over fellow
contender Lerone
Murphy. According to “Gamebred,” Evloev will only become more
dangerous soon as he peaks physically.

“I’m saying it here right now. Movsar beats Volkanovski… I said he
was going to beat Murphy,” Masvidal told UFC on Paramount. “I love
Volk. But right now, Movsar is on a different level… That gear that
Movsar has… And it’s only going to get tougher for people because
he is coming more into his groove, more into his prime physically.
I think he beats Volk right now.”

Despite being widely considered the top featherweight contender for
a long time, Evloev (20-0) has been deprived of a title shot so
far. Even Volkanovski (28-4) has acknowledged Evloev as the No.1
contender. However, Diego
Lopes, who lost to Evloev, has leapfrogged him to
unsuccessfully challenge Volkanovski for the title twice.
Meanwhile, the undefeated Evloev has the longest winning streak in
the featherweight division at 10.