{"id":25412,"date":"2026-08-28T05:08:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T05:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/?p=25412"},"modified":"2026-08-28T05:08:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T05:08:28","slug":"alexander-volkanovski-feels-movsar-evloevs-best-weapon-will-become-useless-after-one-or-two-rounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/?p=25412","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Volkanovski Feels Movsar Evloev&#8217;s Best Weapon Will Become Useless After One Or Two Rounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alexander Volkanovski has claimed that his upcoming opponent, Movsar Evloev, will have his best weapon \u2018thrown out the window\u2019 after 1 or 2 rounds. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two featherweights are set to clash in the main event of UFC 333 on the 24th of October, 2026, at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With almost two months left for his title defense, Volkanovski sat down with Niko Pajarillo of Fox Sports to discuss a myriad of topics. Among those was how his fight against Evloev would pan out. <\/p>\n<p>MIAMI, FLORIDA \u2013 APRIL 12: Diego Lopes of Brazil (L) fights Alexander Volkanovski of Australia in a featherweight title fight during UFC 314 at Kaseya Center on April 12, 2025 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Megan Briggs\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The featherweight champ highlighted the only way the Russian could beat him before adding that the latter\u2019s strength is \u201ca weakness when it comes to me.\u201d Volkanovski said: <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His best bet is to knock me out. A lot of people are like, \u2018He\u2019s just going to try and wrestle.\u2019 That\u2019s going to be thrown out of the window after 1 or 2 rounds. He\u2019s going to be getting too tired to just wanna keep tryna take me down. He\u2019d be better off just swinging and trying to catch me\u2026No one in my division can beat me in a decision\u2026His game relies so much on wrestling, and that\u2019s a weakness when it comes to me. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alexander Volkanovski Predicts \u201cWhere the Finish Happens\u201d Against Movsar Evloev<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alexander Volkanovski then went on to predict how he would possibly finish Movsar Evloev. The Australian said: <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I want him to know that when these takedowns don\u2019t work \u2013 \u2018Look what happens to you.\u2019 I want him panicking, I want him freaking out, I want him panic-shooting and then it not working again. And then, all of a sudden, he\u2019s getting all flustered, and I truly believe that\u2019s where the finish happens. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Check out Alexander Volkanovski\u2019s comments below:<\/em><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Alexander Volkanovski says the only way Movsar Evloev can beat him is by knocking him out. \ud83e\udd4a\ud83d\udca5<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Movsar&#8217;s best bet is to knock me out\u2026 I believe that no one in my division can beat me by decision.<\/p>\n<p>I want him panic-shooting, and then it not working again. All of a sudden, he&#8217;s\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tpjeht3dlf\">pic.twitter.com\/tpjeht3dlf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MMA Pros Pick (@MMA_PROS_PICK_) August 27, 2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Volkanovski is coming off a unanimous decision win over Diego Lopes at UFC 325 in their rematch. Evloev, on the other hand, beat Lerone Murphy (March 2026) in a close majority decision, which also kept his unbeaten record (20-0) intact. <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowkickmma.com\/alexander-volkanovski-movsar-evloev-win-ufc-333\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alexander Volkanovski has claimed that his upcoming opponent, Movsar Evloev, will have his best weapon \u2018thrown out the window\u2019 after 1 or 2 rounds. The two featherweights are set to clash in the main event of UFC 333 on the 24th of October, 2026, at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. With almost two months<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[738,6413,1908,828,1762,11818,374,617],"class_list":["post-25412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fighters","tag-alexander","tag-evloevs","tag-feels","tag-movsar","tag-rounds","tag-useless","tag-volkanovski","tag-weapon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}