Alexander Volkanovski made it clear that a rematch with Islam Makhachev is top of his mind and it happening at UFC 300 would be great. But, the featherweight champ wants to stay active and not wait around as Makhachev who is currently busy with his upcoming title defense and rematch against Charles Oliveira at UFC 294.
What’s Next for Alexander Volkanovski?
“Obviously you got the Ilia [Topuria] fight that’s always going to be there, you got that rematch [Islam Makhachev] that I want. I want to be active. Obviously, Islam and Charles are going at it soon, so I don’t want to be waiting around. So, I’ll do early next year I think? I wanted this year but I just think the schedules are just not going to be able to fit me in. I think there’s a few champions that need to be fighting, which is fair, but I would have been happy to get one in this year. I really wanted three this year, but it’s not looking likely. But early next year we’ll get it in and then hopefully another one not too long after that.”
Ilia Topuria the most likely next opponent
“Yeah, yeah, most likely. And again, I want to be active anyways, so I don’t want to be waiting around. I guess that’s one beautiful thing about me at the end of the day, rather than…
