Volkanovksi on Islam Makhachev rematch: 'I will finish him'
The Suga Show tops on TV with Sean O'Malley's UFC 292 championship winThe thought of facing Islam Makhachev for the second time in a calendar year — once the lightweight champion was booked to rematch Charles Oliveira — did not cross the mind of Alexander Volkanovski.
Well, it crossed the minds of the powers that be in the UFC, opening the door for Volkanovski accept without hesitation — 11 days away from the scheduled date — a champion vs. champion rematch just eight months after Makhachev got the better of their lightweight title fight on Volkanovski’s turf in Australia.
The drawbacks to Volkanovski undertaking the endeavor of trying to defeat the only man to beat him in the last 10 years aren’t hard to spot.World-class opponent with the mental edge of having already won the first fight? Check. Beating the scale and hitting the 155-pound target when, a day before answering opportunity’s knock, he had checked in at about 181 pounds?
Most fight camps, the 35-year-old says, are the same. The goal is to steel oneself for the worst, know how to handle adversity and “make sure if you need to go five rounds of war, you can go there.”
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