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Movsar Evloev spent 11 months between the fighting in 2024, so staying busy in 2025 is undoubtedly the most important for him while he looks at a title drawn in the near future.
The undefeated Russian – Current n ° 4 in Featherweight in the MMA Fighting Global Rankings with a perfect record of 19-0, including nine victories consecutive to the UFC – would love the chance to challenge gold weight, but it also understands that It is probably not the next next for him. While the defending champion Ilia Topuria has teased a potential movement towards a light weight, all the signs pointed out to a revenge match against Alexander Volkanovski as her next defense of the title.
While Evloev has the greatest respect for what Volkanovski has done during his champion career, he honestly believes that his time has spent. He also knows that the UFC could still give him another title shot anyway.
“They have already fought and Volk lost against Ilia,” Evloev told MMA Fighting. “Now we have new names in the featherweight division. It’s me at n ° 4. Do you want to see the fight between Volk and Ilia or me and Ilia?
“Of course (Volkanovski) is a legend. He has been long but now he has done enough. He was a great fighter for a long time. Now we have new blood, fresh blood and I have enough power and a desire to fight for the title. I know that the UFC respects Volkanovski so much. So maybe he will be next for the title if Ilia does not leave the featherweight division. After him, who knows.
Evloev adopts a slightly different approach with regard to his future because he learned that the shooting for more classified fighters may even have no importance in the big scheme of things.
This is another reason why Evloev is once again open to the possibility of facing Diego Lopes in a revenge match despite a victory over him in Fight of the Night Performance in 2023.
Lopes accepted this fight in an extremely short time and he calls for another opportunity to face Evloev since he abandoned this unanimous decision.
“Yeah, why not?” Evloev said again against Lopes. “This guy was impressive after losing against me and now he is higher in the ranking. Why not him? Even if someone lower in the ranking, if he brings me to the title, no matter how. Because I need to fight often. I spent too much time waiting for someone to fight. As I said, (no matter) of the ranking you have if you don’t have a title.
“Any of them is a good fight for me. A second fight with (Diego) Lopes or Volkanovski, he is still a big name. He is not at his peak, I think, but he is always strong and he is a big name. Maybe after him, they will have no choice but to give me a title. That’s why I asked him to fight. I can come to his land in Australia to fight him. It doesn’t matter when, where, who, finally, give me the belt. »»
The same goes for former champion Max Holloway, who publicly declared that he planned to leave the featherweight to compete in the light division. He is currently still classified among the best fighters in the 145 pound division.
Evloev knows that he is very unlikely that he gets this fight, but he simply shows his will to face the one that the UFC throws him now.
“We still have Max Holloway in the ranking even after saying that he would not return to featherweights, so why will he stay there?” Said Evloev.
“Without him, I am n ° 3. If he always wants to fight the featherweight, his name is also on my list. I also want to fight it because it is also a great legend, a big name. Maybe after him, they can also give me the title. It’s complicated. Because no one knows what’s going on in featherweight. I’m not going anywhere. I am here. We will see.
Regardless of the scenario, Evloev hopes that he will be able to keep a more busy calendar in 2025 which finally ends with him obtaining a title shot.
“While I’m waiting (a title shot), I can fight,” said Evloev. “I can fight with anyone and always wait for title shooting. Don’t freeze me (outside), don’t let me wait for the title without not fighting at all. “”
