Alexander Volkanovski highlights two featherweight contenders he would fight after UFC 333

Alexander Volkanovski understands that he doesn’t have much longer left in the sport, and he wants to leave it with a bang.

This coming Saturday, Alexander Volkanovski makes another defense of his featherweight title when he takes on Movsar Evloev in the UFC 333 main event in Abu Dhabi.

Their fight has been a few years in the making considering the Russian challenger’s continued win streak in the division, and Volkanovski has highlighted Evloev as ‘the most dangerous’ at 145lbs.

And ahead of what will be his 19th UFC fight, ‘The Great’ Australian champion has highlighted two other featherweight contenders that he would be willing to fight after UFC 333.

Volkanovski willing to stick around at 145lbs to fight Aljamain Sterling or Jean Silva

Ahead of this Saturday’s clash, the 38-year-old champion has been candidly honest about the fact that he doesn’t have much longer left in the sport. Despite that, Volkanovski has predicted a career-best performance, and he is coming into this fight in stellar shape.

However, Volkanovski has called for a super-fight after UFC 333, highlighting a potential lightweight title fight against Justin Gaethje, saying that they could both retire after fighting each other next. Before that, though, he has highlighted two other 145lb contenders he would be willing to stick at featherweight to potentially fight next.

“Right now it’s obviously Movsar, after Movsar you’ve got your (Jean) Silva’s, you’ve got your Aljamain (Sterling), who are both pretty much in the exact same position,” Volkanovski told MMAJunkie. “They’re probably the ones that stand out the most right now.”

Aljamain Sterling is scheduled to fight Kevin Vallejos next in a co-main event on November 21. Vallejos has chance to enter into the title conversation with a win, having knocked out Josh Emmett in his last fight. With that, Volkanovski has already highlighted Vallejos as ‘an animal’, but it is unlikely that the two end up fighting with ‘The Great’s’ time at featherweight nearing an end.

“That’s another big fight so going out there and fighting, there’s another one there. Whether Kevin can get a title fight that quick and jump the line, I don’t know, but at the same time, I think Aljamain and Silva are probably the closest. This is a test for Kevin. You see a lot of guys that look good until they fight a veteran with good fight IQ so Kevin is gonna have a tough fight,” Volkanovski continued.