UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski admits he solely accused Max Holloway of faking an harm out of frustration.
Since beating Holloway (23-6 MMA, 19-6 UFC) in two consecutive title fights, Volkanovski has been requested a few Holloway trilogy continuous. It’s usually uncommon for a fighter down 2-0 in a collection to get a 3rd crack, however since their rematch at UFC 251 was tightly contested, a possible trilogy was all the time looming.
A 3rd combat between Volkanovski and Holloway was lastly scheduled for UFC 272, however simply days after the combat was introduced, Holloway needed to withdraw due to injury. Desirous to compete, Volkanovski was booked towards Chan Sung Jung as an alternative only a month in a while April 9 at UFC 273, solely to search out out that Holloway will probably be prepared by then, offering to serve as a backup.
That prompted Volkanovski (23-1 MMA, 10-0 UFC) to question Holloway’s injury, one thing he in the end regrets saying.
“It was irritating as a result of on the time I actually wished that combat, what I imply, and when you heard he received injured, particularly after they introduced it earlier, it was all a bit complicated and irritating,” Volkanovski instructed Submission Radio.
“So that you seen my frustration clearly. I wished to tweet and have a bit of shot at Max and his followers, and that was the one cause, which was fairly foolish on my behalf, to be sincere. That simply reveals you the place form of my head was at again then, what I imply? That’s one thing that I’ve actually been engaged on recently.”
Volkanovski mentioned he used to let the unfavourable feedback get to him – however he gained’t anymore.
“I’m such a individuals pleaser, proper? I all the time need individuals on my facet and after they’re not, I take no matter they are saying to coronary heart and all that sort of stuff,” Volkanovski mentioned. “So, I’ve all the time cared what haters mentioned and like what all these individuals would say. So I all the time felt like I had one thing to show and wished to get again at him, however now I actually don’t give a F about any of that.”
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