UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili has clarified his stance on a potential superfight against UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski.
One thing we know for sure: Merab Dvalishvili is one of the best fighters in the world right now – and the same can be said for Alexander Volkanovski. It’s also not uncommon for fighters to look for a second world title, which is one of the many reasons why fans are interested in the idea of these two legends facing off at some point in the future.
But recently, Merab Dvalishvili has made it crystal clear that he is not that interested in fighting Volkanovski, especially since he has so much respect for him. However, in another recent interview, ‘The Machine’ had a few things he wanted to clarify.
Merab Dvalishvili discusses a possible fight with Alexander Volkanovski
“Look, I don’t want to challenge him because I have so much respect for the great champion Alex Volkanovski,” the bantamweight champion clarified. “I just want to focus on my weight class and I don’t want to be disrespectful by challenging or mentioning his name.
“If it becomes something where the UFC asks me to do this fight, listen, I’m a fighter, I’ll show up and I’ll fight. Usually the UFC sends me a contract ‘you fight this guy’ and boom, that’s it. So if you ask me, I don’t want to challenge him or call him up, but if they want it, then I’m up for it.”
Quotes via Bloody elbow
Dvalishvili spoke in his role as Ambassador of the stake.
Do you want to see the fight? We all know it would make for fascinating viewing, but at this point it still feels like both men still have things to accomplish in their respective divisions. That said, if Merab manages to get past Petr Yan and Umar Nurmagomedov (again), who knows, maybe the UFC will look at the rest of the bantamweights in the top 15 and think there’s basically no one left for him to compete against.
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