Featherweight has a strong list of potential title challengers. After Wednesday’s result, Calvin Kattar has worked his way into the conversation and now has the top-five in his sights. (via MikeyJ_MMA)
“I respect his mindset as the champ,” Kattar said of Volkanovski. “He says he wants contenders. He’s not trying to jump around other weight classes like everybody’s doing nowadays – not hating on them either, two belts sounds real nice – but I respect the fact that he wants to go out and fight the contenders in his weight class and he’s got one in me.”
Speaking of Jung – better known simply as “The Korean Zombie” – he is perhaps the biggest star in the division outside of Holloway and he was less than complimentary of Volkanovski’s latest performance.a message posted on Jung’s Instagram account said If Volkanovski’s next opponent isn’t the winner of Magomedsharipov vs. Rodriguez, Jung makes the most sense – especially from a marketability standpoint.
No. 7-ranked Josh Emmett is also firmly in the mix after he made a statement in June with a unanimous decision win over Shane Burgos in what was perhaps the most entertaining three-round fight of 2020. What made that win all the more impressive was that, including a torn ACL, early in the fight yet persevered. He’ll be on the sidelines recovering for a while but he’ll eventually return to a high-profile matchup.
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