Alexander
Volkanovski is confident Movsar
Evloev will be the next challenger for his
Ultimate Fighting Championship title.
Volkanovski (28-4) was originally expected to defend his title
against Evloev (20-0) after winning the vacant title against
Diego
Lopes last year to begin his second reign. However, Lopes, who
had already lost to Evloev, was controversially booked for a
rematch against Volkanovski, who defeated the Brazilian yet again
in January.
Movsar Evloev’s undefeated UFC run has Volkanovski preparing
for a potential featherweight title fight
Volkanovski seems confident that his next title defense will be
against Evloev, who is 10-0 in the UFC, although winning all his
Octagon outings via decision. The Australian champ is currently in
Thailand and putting in some wrestling work to prepare for the
undefeated Russian.
“It’s pretty obvious it’s probably going to be Movsar,” Volkanovski
said on his YouTube channel. “So, I get all that wrestling in nice
and early. Did a bit of a grappling session afterwards as well,
then did a couple of live rounds.”
Volkanovski defended the featherweight title five times in his
first title run before losing to Ilia
Topuria in 2024. “The Great” reclaimed the vacant title against
Lopes when Topuria moved up to lightweight. Meanwhile, Evloev’s
last four wins came against Lerone
Murphy, Aljamain
Sterling, Arnold
Allen and Lopes.