Alexander Volkanovski’s resurgence after back-to-back knockout losses continued at UFC 325 as he defended the UFC featherweight title against Diego Lopes in their UFC 325 rematch. Volkanovski’s second featherweight title run began when he won the then-vacant featherweight title from Lopes in their first fight at UFC 314.
Ahead of UFC 314, some speculated that Volkanovski could potentially retire if he suffered another brutal defeat inside the Octagon. Brutal knockout losses to Islam Makhachev and Ilia Topuria led many to believe that Volkanovski might be on his last leg.
Before Volkanovski recently signed a new contract with the UFC and his dominant performance against Lopes, he was considering hanging up the gloves.
Alexander Volkanovski was ready to drop the gloves at UFC 325
In a recent appearance on the Powerful Cast podcast, Volkanovski admitted that he would have retired from the cage at UFC 325 if Lopes seriously damaged him during the fight.
“If I had taken a lot of damage in this fight, I might have laid down the gloves,” Volkanovski said.
“I take that into account – I try to weigh it up. At the moment I’m in a good position. I also got a new contract, which was great. So I’ve been able to do that and you’ll never make money like when you fight, you can say I’m quite outside of it.”
“We have a lot of great opportunities there, but I’m alive and willing, and I’ve got to go get these paychecks.”
UFC legend Frankie Edgar recently tried to publicly convince Volkanovski to retire after UFC 325. Edgar, a former UFC lightweight champion, suffered a string of brutal losses before retiring at UFC 281.
Volkanovski will likely face the winner of Lerone Murphy vs. Movsar Evloev for his next featherweight title defense. But if things don’t go well, don’t be surprised if Volkanovski doesn’t fight out his new contract.
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