{"id":335554,"date":"2019-12-15T11:09:09","date_gmt":"2019-12-15T19:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=335554"},"modified":"2019-12-15T11:09:09","modified_gmt":"2019-12-15T19:09:09","slug":"alexander-volkanovski-believes-max-holloway-deserves-rematch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/alexander-volkanovski-believes-max-holloway-deserves-rematch\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Volkanovski believes Max Holloway deserves rematch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, in the co-main event of UFC 245, Alexander Volkanovski swiped the UFC featherweight title from long-time champion Max Holloway.<\/p>\n<p>Post-fight, UFC President Dana White suggested he&#8217;d like to book a rematch between Volkanovski in Holloway, ideally in Volkanovski&#8217;s native Australia.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dana White (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danawhite?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@danawhite<\/a>) says he wants to book a rematch between Alex Volkanovski (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexvolkanovski?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@alexvolkanovski<\/a>) and Max Holloway (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BlessedMMA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BlessedMMA<\/a>) in Australia next.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bokamotoESPN\/status\/1206116919947849731?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>From the sounds of it, White will not receive any objection from Volkanovski as he pursues this planned rematch.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the UFC 245 post-fight press conference, Volkanovski shared his belief that Holloway deserves an immediate rematch. That being said, he assured the result will not change.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yHRIss\">\u201cI think he deserves it,\u201d Volkanovski said (transcript via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2019\/12\/15\/21022604\/alexander-volkanovski-believes-max-holloway-deserves-rematch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201cDo I have to beat him to prove that I\u2019m a better fighter? I think we had five rounds to do it, and I\u2019m pretty sure I won it pretty clearly. But anyway, if people are still going to doubt, they\u2019re still gonna. But again, I\u2019ll be ready for it and he does deserve it. That would make for a big fight. Of course I\u2019m down. I\u2019ll be better prepared the next time. I know what we know works, (and) we\u2019re gonna get an even better formula.<\/p>\n<p id=\"0rc3Rq\">\u201cHe might think he\u2019ll get me figured out again, but I\u2019m just too powerful,&#8221; Volkanovski added. &#8220;They go one way, I go another. That\u2019s the thing. I\u2019m so well-rounded I can just go anywhere with it. If he was really fixing me up on the feet and I had to grind it, look for takedowns, I could always go there. That\u2019s the thing, I\u2019ve got so many ways to go, even striking there\u2019s so many ways to go. I proved that. Again, he\u2019s good at his range \u2013 it was like, \u2018How\u2019s he gonna handle the range?\u2019 It\u2019s like, \u2018That\u2019s how.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Does an immediate rematch between Max Holloway and Alexander Volkanovski interest you?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 12\/15\/2019.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, in the co-main event of UFC 245, Alexander Volkanovski swiped the UFC featherweight title from long-time champion Max Holloway. Post-fight, UFC President Dana White suggested he&#8217;d like to book a rematch between Volkanovski in Holloway, ideally in Volkanovski&#8217;s native Australia. 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