Alex Volkanovski has been firing plenty of shots at everyone after Max Holloway fell out of their title fight. He especially went after Yair Rodriguez ahead of UFC 273.
Yair Rodriguez has often been in the line of fire with the UFC featherweight champion going at him for his lack of fight time. Alex Volkanovski has been brutally honest in discussing the Mexican featherweight.
“One thing that surprises me and what annoys me is the way he acted about it, as if it was a no brainer that he should be the next in line, and then starts carrying on and swearing and saying, ‘Respectfully, fuck you,’ and all this type of stuff,” Volkanovski told The MMA Hour. “I’m like, are you serious? Okay, Let’s be real for a second. What? Over two years, you were pretty much running from Zabit [Magomedsharipov]? So you’re running from Zabit, pulling out, you’re getting suspended by USADA. And then let’s remember, he just lost. I don’t get it. You haven’t fought for how long? Then you’re coming off a loss, and then you get angry at me because I don’t sit there and call you out? Man, it just blows me away.”
Alex Volkanovski takes issue with Yair Rodriguez not fighting often and trying to fast-track himself to a UFC title shot. The champion continued to go after him.
“I’m going to be champion for a long time,” Volkanovski continued. “The mentality that I have compared to some of these guys, the way they go about things and the way they just want things given to them — Yair’s a good example for that. Dodging fights, just trying to find an easier way to the title shot, and carrying on like he did now. You think you’re going to beat me with that mentality? These guys want to be carrying on like little princesses and just expect things given to them. But when you have that attitude, you ain’t never going to get nowhere in life. So whatever.”
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