Alexander Volkanovski doesn’t contemplate himself one of many 5 biggest fighters ever.
The dialog over who’s the Best of All Time is ever-present in MMA, and over the previous few years, Volkanovski started to enter the dialog as he put collectively one of many biggest featherweight title runs ever. Nevertheless, losses in three of his earlier 4 fights (albeit two of these going down up at light-weight to champion Islam Makhachev) have some followers reconsidering. And whether or not it’s his current losses or the previous champion is just too humble to incorporate himself, “The Nice” doesn’t suppose he charges within the Prime-5 ever.
“Prime 5 fighters of all time. Rattling,” Volkanovski stated on his YouTube channel whereas answering fan questions. “Alright, let’s get into it. I’m going to say Demetrious Johnson. I’m going to must throw Jon Jones in there. Everybody is aware of my tackle the difficulty outdoors of it, however he’s simply been champ — he’s been on the high perpetually. So you possibly can’t not. I do know lots of people are at all times going to throw out them issues — and I do myself as a result of I satisfaction myself on attempting to avoid all that crap as effectively — however you possibly can’t deny his talent. He’s undoubtedly one of many biggest of all time, so it’s important to give Jon Jones that.
“So Demetrious Johnson, Jon Jones, Georges St-Pierre. Georges St-Pierre has undoubtedly acquired to be there. … I’m going to must throw Anderson Silva in there, and I’ll throw my boy Israel Adesanya as effectively. Quite a lot of championships [and] in terms of hanging, I truthfully suppose he’s the best striker the UFC has ever seen. So I’m going to go along with Israel Adesanya as effectively.”
Adesanya and Volkanovski are teammates at Metropolis Kickboxing, so it’s no shock the previous featherweight champion confirmed him love. Nevertheless, it’s a bit shocking he left himself off the checklist. Some contemplate Volkanovski to be the best featherweight champion of all time, and his 5 profitable title defenses rank second behind solely UFC Corridor of Famer Jose Aldo.
