Alexander Volkanovski wants potential ‘retirement’ superfight following UFC 333

Alexander Volkanovski has revealed that he is still eyeing a superfight for after he defends his Featherweight Title against Movsar Evloev at UFC 333 in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, October 24.

Speaking to Who The Fook Are These Guys? podcast, Volk revealed that he wants a fight with Lightweight champion Justin Gaethje, saying that it could be a fitting ending to both their octagon careers.

“Let’s do a superfight, lightweight title on the line,” Volkanovski said, before then saying to MMA Junkie that it could be a retirement fight: “I even mentioned being like a retirement fight, and a lot of people are acting like I meant the next fight needs to be the retirement fight. It doesn’t.”

Here is the full fight card for UFC 333 as it stands:

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