Alexander Volkanovski ger sin syn på titelkamperna under UFC 304

Den tidigare UFC-fjäderviktsmästaren Alexander Volkanovski har valt ut de som han tror kommer vinna sina respektive titelmatcher under UFC 304. Volkanovski ser att det blir helengelsk seger i Manchester. Han tror att Tom Aspinall besegrar Curtis Blaydes och att Leon Edwards överkommer Belal Muhammad.

Volkanovski tar fram vinnarna av UFC 304-titelkamper

Den kommande helgen går UFC 304 av stapeln i Manchester, England. Galan kommer sändas sent in på natten till söndagen svensk tid, trots att den tar plats på europeisk mark. Galan ser två titelkamper äga rum i oktogonen, där både welterviktsbältet och interim-titeln i tungvikt sätts på spel.

I huvudmatchen skall den regerande welterviktsmästaren Leon ”Rocky” Edwards (22-3, 1 NC) för en andra gång mäta sig med Belal ”Remember The Name” Muhammad (23-3, 1 NC). Deras första möte slutade i en No-Contest. Co-main matchen står i tungvikt. Där skall interim-titelhållaren Tom Aspinall (14-3) möta Curtis ”Razor” Blaydes (18-4, 1 NC).

Även detta är en returkamp mellan de två männen. Inför sammandrabbningarna som väntar har den tidigare fjäderviktsmästaren i UFC Alexander ”The Great” Volkanovski (26-4) givit sin syn på vem han tror kommer vinna i galans titelmatcher.

Tror på Aspinall

I en video uppladdad till Youtube säger Alexander Volkanovski att han tror på Tom Aspinall i co-main matchen under UFC 304. Även om Blaydes är effektiv i brottningen, ser Volkanovski Aspinall som favorit tack vare engelsmannens utmärkta timing i strikingen.

Curtis Blaydes is a great wrestler, a very hard heavyweight to fight because he always has that legit wrestling game. He’s the type of fighter that could beat anyone. He’s getting better at trying to camouflage his shots. People just seem to know what’s going to eventually come and they’re catching him coming in.

Tom Aspinall, great fighter, great wrestler, great grappler, great striker. He’s not just a great striker, he understands the game. He understands ranges, he understands timing, and for a big guy, the way he moves is so fast. if anyone’s going to beat Jon Jones, it’s going to be someone like Tom Aspinall.

Curtis Blaydes is no mug, so he doesn’t deserve to be that much of an underdog, but I can’t pick against Tom Aspinall. I think he can handle the wrestling; and I think Aspinall is eventually going to catch him. I’m going to go with Tom Aspinall.

Väljer Edwards

I huvudmatchen om welterviktsbältet tror Volkanovski att mästaren vinner även här. Han förklarar att Edwards kommer känna sig trygg i en mer aggressiv kampstil, vilket ”Rocky” kommer kunna nyttja väl till en seger.

It’s going to be a good fight and I’m going to go with Leon Edwards. You’ve seen his wrestling defence, you’ve seen his grappling, he’s actually very well-rounded. Everyone thought he was a striker, but he was able to take Colby Covington down, even controlling Colby, that shows you just how good Leon Edwards is.

His striking is beautiful, very calculated, doesn’t take any unnecessary risk but so is Belal Muhammad. A lot of people give him a hard time, he’s very calculated and doesn’t take unnecessary risk too. I thought he Edwards was quite aggressive in their first fight, and I think we’re going to see that again.

I feel like Leon is going to feel like he can be more aggressive with someone like Belal. He’s going to let his hands go which is going to make him a lot more dangerous than before. Leon is too tidy, too well trained and he’s going to turn up 100% so I have to go with Leon.