Reigning UFC featherweight champion Alex Volkanovski defended his 145-pound title with a commanding performance against Diego Lopes, again, in the UFC 325 main event last weekend on Paramount+, a vintage five-round beatdown that could put “The Great” in line for a return at UFC White House in June.
Who will Volkanovski fight next?
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BetOnline.ag has undefeated featherweight contender Movsar Evloev as the current frontrunner at 1/1 (+100), followed by “butt hurt” Brazilian fan favorite Jean Silva at 7/4 (+175) and British bruiser Lerone Murphy at 3/1 (+300). Top lightweight contender Amran Tsarukyan is far behind at 10/1 (+1000).
Probably because of this.
“If it’s the featherweight division, it’s got to be the top guys,” Volkanovski said on UFC 325’s Paramount+ post-fight show. “You know what I’m like. I want to fight the top guys who deserve it. You’ve got Movsar and Lerone Murphy. I’ve been told they’re going to face each other. I don’t know if that’s just rumors. That’ll be great. I’ll be watching that. If the next one is definitely featherweight, it’s got to be one of those two.”
“There are rankings for a reason, people that deserve it,” Volkanovski added at the UFC 325 post-fight press conference. “If someone does get in, I’ll still be active enough to give the people that deserve it a chance anyway, so they don’t have to wait that long. But if I’m just going to keep letting other people cut the line, then I’m not really doing my part either. I’ll talk to the UFC and see what they say.”
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