Former two-division UFC champion and now expert and commentator Daniel Cormier spoke about the decision of the title holder in the featherweight division Alexandra Volkanovski take on a short notice fight with Islam Makhachev.
Let us remind you that the fight between Makhachev and Volkanovski 2 will headline UFC 294, which takes place on October 21 in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Initially, the Dagestani's opponent was supposed to be Charles Oliveira, but the Brazilian dropped out due to a cut.
“Will Alex make a bag of money? Absolutely right. You can't convince a guy of Alex Volkanovski's caliber in that amount of time without emptying his wallet. So Volk gets paid well, and he finds himself in a win-win situation, as was the case in the first fight with Makhachev, because everyone thought that Islam would crush him. This is another such situation.
If Volkanovski wins, he will be incredibly cool, because he will defeat the great and terrible Islam Makhachev. And if he loses, then people will just say: "He took the fight on 10 days' notice. What else could you expect from him in a fight against the number two in the P4P rating?" – Cormier said on his YouTube channel.
