{"id":466236,"date":"2022-12-23T14:32:02","date_gmt":"2022-12-23T22:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=466236"},"modified":"2022-12-23T14:32:02","modified_gmt":"2022-12-23T22:32:02","slug":"alexander-volkanovski-reacts-to-zabit-magomedsharipovs-possible-return-i-thought-that-was-gonna-be-a-big-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/alexander-volkanovski-reacts-to-zabit-magomedsharipovs-possible-return-i-thought-that-was-gonna-be-a-big-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Volkanovski reacts to Zabit Magomedsharipov&#8217;s possible return: &#8220;I thought that was gonna be a big fight&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski would welcome the return of Zabit Magomedsharipov.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The Great&#8217; has been out of action since a decision victory over <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighters\/max-holloway\/\">Max Holloway<\/a> in July. With that, Volkanovski had moved to 3-0 in his series with &#8216;Blessed&#8217;. Citing a lack of contenders at 145 pounds, the Australian announced his plans to compete at lightweight next.<\/p>\n<p>The featherweight champion will get his wish in February at UFC 284, as he&#8217;s slated to face Islam Makhachev. Luckily for Volkanovski, he will have a contender waiting for him when he&#8217;s done with his business at 155 pounds. The co-main of <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/robert-whittaker\/jared-cannonier-offers-to-rematch-robert-whittaker-at-ufc-284-in-australia-id-love-to-go-there-and-fight-him-again\/\">UFC 284<\/a> will feature Josh Emmett vs. Yair Rodriguez in an interim title bout.<\/p>\n<p>It now appears that another contender could possibly be entering the fray. Zabit Magomedsharipov has been out of action since a 2019 win over Calvin Kattar and retired last year. However, the Russian seemed to hint at a<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/zabit-magomedsharipov\/former-ufc-featherweight-zabit-magomedsharipov-teases-possible-end-of-retirement-contracts-are-no-longer-the-same\/\"> possible return<\/a> to the octagon earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>If that return ends up coming to fruition, it seems that Alexander Volkanovski would be on board. During an appearance on the <em>Believe You Me<\/em> podcast, the featherweight champion seemed to be down for a possible future clash with Magomedsharipov.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-283576 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Zabit-Magomedsharipov-1.png\" alt=\"Zabit Magomedsharipov\" width=\"696\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Zabit-Magomedsharipov-1.png 696w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Zabit-Magomedsharipov-1-300x172.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was looking forward to that eventually happening,\u201d Volkanovski said of Magomedsharipov\u2019s possible comeback. \u201cThe thing is, I want fights and I want big fights. I feel like he was gonna be a big fight. There was a lot of hype around him. But again, I want people to earn that spot as well\u2026 It\u2019s so much different when you\u2019ve got a guy that\u2019s killing a lot of hype and he\u2019s number-one contender, to then, \u2018He hasn\u2019t even fought a top-five guy,\u2019 and then just giving him a title shot. I\u2019ve always wanted there to be a guy.&#8221; (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/2022\/12\/alexander-volkanovski-comments-on-zabit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>MMA News<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought he was gonna be there,\u201d Volkanovski continued. \u201cI feel he was one fight away from fighting for the title, and I thought that was gonna be a big fight. So I was disappointed when I heard that he went away. But I did see something that he might come back. But after Feb. 12, after I do what I do, he might go and retire again, so we\u2019ll see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>What do you make of these comments? Do you want to see the two featherweights fight? Sound off in the comment section below PENN Nation!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski would welcome the return of Zabit Magomedsharipov. &#8216;The Great&#8217; has been out of action since a decision victory over Max Holloway in July. With that, Volkanovski had moved to 3-0 in his series with &#8216;Blessed&#8217;. 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