Alexander Volkanovski already training for the undefeated fighter he expects next

Alexander

Volkanovski is confident Movsar

Evloev will be the next challenger for his

Ultimate Fighting Championship title.

Volkanovski (28-4) was originally expected to defend his title

against Evloev (20-0) after winning the vacant title against

Diego

Lopes last year to begin his second reign. However, Lopes, who

had already lost to Evloev, was controversially booked for a

rematch against Volkanovski, who defeated the Brazilian yet again

in January. Movsar Evloev’s undefeated UFC run has Volkanovski preparing

for a potential featherweight title fight

Volkanovski seems confident that his next title defense will be

against Evloev, who is 10-0 in the UFC, although winning all his

Octagon outings via decision. The Australian champ is currently in

Thailand and putting in some wrestling work to prepare for the

undefeated Russian.

“It’s pretty obvious it’s probably going to be Movsar,” Volkanovski

said on his YouTube channel. “So, I get all that wrestling in nice

and early. Did a bit of a grappling session afterwards as well,

then did a couple of live rounds.”

Volkanovski defended the featherweight title five times in his

first title run before losing to Ilia

Topuria in 2024. “The Great” reclaimed the vacant title against

Lopes when Topuria moved up to lightweight. Meanwhile, Evloev’s

last four wins came against Lerone

Murphy , Aljamain

Sterling , Arnold

Allen and Lopes.

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