Earlier this month, on the undercard of UFC 221, Australian featherweight Alex Volkanovski scored a fourth-straight dominant UFC win, taking out Jeremy Kennedy with a swarm of second-round punches.<\/p>\n
With this dominant performance in the books, Volkanovski feels it’s time he’s rewarded with a top-15 or even a top-10 opponent<\/a>. The rising talent made his case on the latest episode of BJ Penn Radio<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI haven’t lost a round in the UFC,” he said. “I literally have not lost a round. A lot of the rounds that I won you could say have been the 10-8 rounds as well. 50 percent of my rounds are 10-8 rounds so, [I’m] completely dominating. I’m barely copping any damage in any of my fights. I’m handing out some pretty good beatings, you know what I mean? So they need to give me some ranked opponent.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201c I would like anyone in the top ten, or top fifteen,” he said. “Again, [I want] the guys that just want to talk.\u201d<\/p>\n Since joining the UFC, Volkanovski has repeatedly expressed his desire to fight opponents who like to talk trash. He’s after the bullies and the big mouths. After his win over Kennedy, he made what he believed was an appropriate callout to that end.<\/p>\n \u201cAfter I said that, I pulled out [the names] Andre Fili and Jeremy Stephens.\u201d<\/p>\n In the wake of this callout, Fili expressed some disappointment in being clumped into the category of bullies that Volkanovski wants to fight.<\/p>\n All my life I\u2019ve been rep\u2019n for the outcasts, never been a bully. @alexvolkanovski<\/a> I see you hiding behind fake humility. Go fuck yourself.<\/p>\n \u2014 Andre Fili (@TouchyFili) February 11, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n