Forward of his thrilling return at UFC 314, former featherweight kingpin, Alexander Volkanovski has revealed he has only some extra fights within the tank as he prepares for a vacant title conflict with Diego Lopes — admitting his retirement is looming giant.
Volkanovski, the present primary ranked featherweight contender, will compete for vacant divisional gold in April, taking up surging Brazilian-born contender, Lopes in a large showdown in Miami, Florida.
And hoping to snap a two-fight shedding run in his return, Australian veteran, Volkanovski has been sidelined since February of final yr, dropping a thunderous second spherical knockout loss to unbeaten rival, Ilia Topuria.
Alexander Volkanovski reveals imminent retirement plan
Revealing plans to scoop vacant gold after which possible defend the belt towards unbeaten Russian star, Movsar Evloev post-April, New South Wales star, Volkanovski revealed he might doubtlessly retire inside his subsequent two ventures to the Octagon.
“I don’t know the way for much longer I’ve left on this,” Alexander Volkanovski advised Ariel Helwani for Uncrowned. “I in all probability might go just a few extra years. I’m pondering of profitable the belt, then defending. Even profitable, I’m pondering of, ‘You realize what, I’m executed. As a result of how for much longer do I wish to do that? This ain’t simple, particularly to be at a stage that I’m at, the place my expectations, my regular, could be very onerous work. It hurts, you’re in ache, you get caught in. That’s what it takes to be elite and be one of the best and be on the high. I settle for nothing however that. So it ain’t simple.
“So I’m anticipating to perhaps have just a few extra, a pair extra, just a few extra,” Alexander Volkanovski defined. “We’ll see. I’ll say that now — I’ve a struggle and completely find it irresistible, ‘You realize what, give me one other seven!’ However how for much longer? I nonetheless find it irresistible, however how for much longer do I wish to do that to myself and my physique? I do wish to ultimately sail off within the sundown, proper?”
