{"id":463310,"date":"2022-11-16T06:10:28","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T14:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=463310"},"modified":"2022-11-16T06:10:29","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T14:10:29","slug":"alex-volkanovski-reacts-after-the-ufc-announces-interim-featherweight-title-for-ufc-284","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/alex-volkanovski-reacts-after-the-ufc-announces-interim-featherweight-title-for-ufc-284\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Volkanovski reacts after the UFC announces interim featherweight title for UFC 284"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Volkanovski has given his thoughts on the UFC booking an interim title fight between Josh Emmett and <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighters\/yair-rodriguez\/\">Yair Rodriguez<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For the last few years, Alex Volkanovski has been the man to beat at 145 pounds. He is a complete superstar at featherweight and if you don&#8217;t believe us, go and ask the likes of Max Holloway, Brian Ortega and Jose Aldo.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The Great&#8217; has, in more ways than one, become the very best fighter in the UFC.<\/p>\n<p>Now, at UFC 284, he&#8217;s hoping to add to his legacy when <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/islam-makhachev-vs-alexander-volkanovski-officially-announced-as-ufc-284-main-event\/\">he challenges<\/a> Islam Makhachev for the UFC lightweight championship.<\/p>\n<p>Given that his own division will be somewhat &#8216;held up&#8217;, the UFC has decided to book Emmett vs Rodriguez on the same card &#8211; with an interim belt on the line.<\/p>\n<p>During a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jedigoodman\/status\/1592702546011127808\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">press conference<\/a>, Volkanovski explained why it doesn&#8217;t bother him.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Volkanovski on the UFC creating an interim FW title fight. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6LBY3NED81\">pic.twitter.com\/6LBY3NED81<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jed I. Goodman \u00a9 (@jedigoodman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jedigoodman\/status\/1592702546011127808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cLook, I\u2019m okay with it. At the end of the day I\u2019m the champ so that\u2019s that. That gives me a clear guy, what a card to do it on. They get to show me who\u2019s next in that featherweight division, here in Australia as well. So, that builds that fight up anyway. I\u2019m more than okay with it.<\/p>\n<h3>Volkanovski&#8217;s big push<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cRight now I wanna chase that second belt so I\u2019m focusing on that. We\u2019ll let them do their thing, hopefully put on a show, give me a clear guy, someone will be holding that interim belt and I\u2019ll be happy to take them on as soon as possible. I wanna be active. I don\u2019t want people waiting around for me and things like that, even though I don\u2019t think they would need to, but I think this is good. This really sets me up at featherweight, so I\u2019m more than okay with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Will Alex Volkanovski become a two-weight world champion? Let us know in the comments, BJPENN Nation!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Volkanovski has given his thoughts on the UFC booking an interim title fight between Josh Emmett and Yair Rodriguez. For the last few years, Alex Volkanovski has been the man to beat at 145 pounds. 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