“Let’s be honest – everyone wants to see this revenge,” – said the Australian in the next edition of the “MMA Hour”. “I don’t know if Islam wants it, but I want it, and the UFC wants it. We’ll see how it all pans out, but that’s definitely what I’m going to do. I want to be active so let’s do it”
However, Volkanovski argues that this is not an underestimation of Rodriguez, who on July 8 at UFC 290 in Las Vegas will do everything possible to destroy this plan.
“It is difficult to imagine a more dangerous opponent than Yair. Now all my attention is focused on it, because this is not an ordinary fight.
In February this year at UFC 284 in Perth, Alex Volkanovski made an unsuccessful attempt to take the championship belt from Islam Makhachev, losing to the Russian by unanimous decision after five rounds.