UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski expects massive issues from his up-and-coming star teammate Quillan Salkilld.
UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski efficiently defended his title final weekend towards Movsar Evloev at UFC 333. Volkanovski knocked out Evloev in Spherical 2 of the UFC 333 foremost occasion so as to add one other victory to his legacy.
Simply hours after Volkanovski’s highlight-reel KO, his teammate Quillan Salkilld was introduced because the headliner for UFC Sydney towards Benoit Saint-Denis. Salkilld vs. Saint-Denis marks the UFC’s return to Sydney on February seventh.
Salkilld will seem in his second-straight UFC foremost occasion after dismantling Mateusz Gamrot earlier this 12 months. A win over Saint-Denis might doubtlessly catapult Salkilld right into a title eliminator bout.
Saint-Denis is a troublesome take a look at for Salkilld, however Volkanovski expects his teammate to make the battle look straightforward at UFC Sydney.
Alexander Volkanovski excessive on Quillan Salkilld’s UFC Sydney showcase
In a current video uploaded to his YouTube channel, Volkanovski reacted to the information of Salkilld’s largest battle of his profession.
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“Blissful for Quillan, that’s a giant battle,” Volkanovski mentioned of Salkilld.
“Clearly it will get him proper there, as nicely. It will get him proper within the image of – nicely, kind of even the Gamrot battle will get him proper in that image, however BSD, he’s nonetheless fairly excessive up. Now he’s getting nearer and nearer, and we’re speaking about how stacked that division is.
“A win towards BSD, he ought to be combating your Ilia’s, Paddy’s, and all that, after which combating for a title,” Volkanovski continued on Salkilld. “How might he not? So, that’s big. He’s on a tear. I like BSD, (however) Quillan smokes him.” (h/t MMA Junkie)
Volkanovski lately teased becoming a member of Salkilld within the light-weight division for a possible tremendous battle towards titleholder Justin Gaethje. Win or lose, Volkanovski plans to retire after/if a matchup with Gaethje involves fruition.
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