LAS VEGAS — Alexander Volkanovski's Wednesday was filled with hours upon hours of talking: He appeared at UFC 290 media day, then spent a few hours doing interviews with reporters, bloggers, talk radio hosts and television sports directors, hyping his fight for the undisputed featherweight title Saturday with Yair Rodriguez at T-Mobile Arena.
He's the UFC's longest-reigning champion, having held his belt since Dec. 14, 2019, when. Fighters strive to win the belt for years, but upon gaining it, they can lose their appetite for all the promotional work they're required to do. It becomes a chore, and most notably, Conor McGregor refused to break training camp in Iceland in 2016 to do a news conference in Las Vegas for an upcoming fight with Nate Diaz.
He's coming off an agonizingly close loss in a bid for the lightweight title against Islam Makhachev in February and he's already talking about either a rematch with Makhachev or a different champion-versus-champion bout with bantamweight title-holder Aljamain Sterling. Sterling defends his belt against Sean O'Malley in Boston next month, and said he'd like move to featherweight after that." ...
So when Rodriguez talks about the holes in his game, rather than get annoyed, Volkanovski essentially encourages him to keep it up. But he said while he"When I was challenging Islam, I was speaking the same way," Volkanovski said."When you're taking on a big challenge, that's a good mindset to have. Look, let's be honest, he probably does see holes in my game. I'm sure he's watching my fights and he sees things he thinks he can capitalize on.
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