BAD MMA - The origins of combat™ » alexander volkonvski https://www.badmma.com The BADDEST Brand on the Planet™ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:38:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Alexander Volkanovski on Conor McGregor: ‘I take that lightweight title, he knows there’s an opportunity there’ https://www.badmma.com/alexander-volkanovski-on-conor-mcgregor-i-take-that-lightweight-title-he-knows-theres-an-opportunity-there.html https://www.badmma.com/alexander-volkanovski-on-conor-mcgregor-i-take-that-lightweight-title-he-knows-theres-an-opportunity-there.html#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2022 16:18:58 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/alexander-volkanovski-on-conor-mcgregor-i-take-that-lightweight-title-he-knows-theres-an-opportunity-there.html Alexander Volkonvski thought his Twitter exchange with Conor McGregor was weird, but isn’t surprised that he took a shot at him. After featherweight champion Volkanovski (25-1 MMA, 12-0 UFC) and newly crowned lightweight champ Islam Makhachev faced off in the octagon at UFC 280 to set up a potential superfight, McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) tweeted that a fight between them would barely sell. That prompted Volkanovski to respond, and their brief back-and-forth  abruptly ended with former UFC dual-champ McGregor showing respect and giving him advice on how to beat Makhachev. “He knows he ain’t fighting for that featherweight title,” Volkanovski told Submission Radio

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Alexander Volkanovski on Conor McGregor: ‘I take that lightweight title, he knows there’s an opportunity there’ – MMA Junkie

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