“It’s an exciting fight and it definitely won’t make you miss it,” MMAJunkie quoted the Australian as saying. “We know Gaethje’s style – he’ll try to find his opponent’s jaw, bet on it. He can be calculating, but his main objective is to turn the lights out on his opponent.”
“Max can miss a punch, but you still need to have a good enough strategy to hit him. Just throwing out the occasional punch is not going to catch a guy like Max. But like I said, Gaethje knows how to be calculated and won’t throw punches for nothing.”
“Max has a legendary chin – believe me, I’ve tried to hack that thing many times. If anyone can do it, it’s someone like Justin Gaethje, who is from a heavier division and knows how to put 110 percent into a punch. If I had to bet, I’d bet on Gaethje, but Max still has a chance.”
Alex Volkanovski will return to the octagon on Feb. 17 at UFC 298 in Anaheim, facing the division’s No. 3 ranked fighter, Elijah Topuria.