Hooker, who will fight Jalin ‘The Tarantula’ Turner on the prelims in Las Vegas this weekend, broke down the headline fight, saying the rangy Rodriguez is a whirlwind of dangerously wild striking. That’s the view of New Zealand lightweight star Dan Hooker, who has fought the interim champion Rodriguez and spent years training alongside Volkanovski. THE MAJOR RODRIGUEZ THREAT VOLKANOVSKI MUST SHUT DOWNĪ wild, long-range striking attack shapes as the most dangerous weapon Alex Volkanovski must nullify when he defends his featherweight world title against Yair Rodriguez at UFC 290 this weekend. “But, as I said, I’ve got Yair Rodriguez first, I’m going to take care of business, handle that and move on.” “I’ve got a few fights and a few things I’ve gotta do, but by then he’ll be in the testing pool. “I have Yair this weekend, and I’m taking him very seriously, but Conor is definitely something I’d want to do,” Volkanovski said. It could even happen at UFC 300, which could potentially be held at Las Vegas’ new Allegiant Stadium.
He can’t fight until he’s been in the testing pool for at least six months, but Volkanovski says a 2024 blockbuster against the Irishman is a possibility. McGregor is slated to fight Michael Chandler, but isn’t currently in the mandatory USADA drug testing pool. It was very impressive, man.”Ĭonor McGregor has been fighting more NBA mascots that actual fighters lately. “If you think about his style before the Islam fight, you think he’s going to have serious trouble with Islam. “That goes to show what the media thought of that fight and of him.
“If you look at what the media did, Jones was number one, (Volkanovski) is number two pound-for-pound, and Islam’s number three,” White said. Volkanovski fell agonisingly short when he moved up to lightweight to fight Makhachev, but many MMA pundits – including Joe Rogan – felt he won the bout. “A lot of people thought he won the fight, I don’t have a problem with it.” “I normally don’t like guys as dominant as he is bouncing around weight classes, but he looked damn good in that last fight,” White said when asked about Volkanovski’s ambitions of becoming a simultaneous two-weight world champ. UFC president Dana White has no issues with Alexander Volkanovski holding and defending two world titles simultaneously.
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