{"id":37367,"date":"2026-03-23T15:01:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T15:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Movsar-Evloev-doesnt-think-he-needs-wrestling-to-beat-Alexander-Volkanovski-200556"},"modified":"2026-03-23T15:01:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T15:01:18","slug":"movsar-evloev-doesnt-think-he-needs-wrestling-to-beat-alexander-volkanovski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/movsar-evloev-doesnt-think-he-needs-wrestling-to-beat-alexander-volkanovski\/","title":{"rendered":"Movsar Evloev doesn\u2019t think he needs wrestling to beat Alexander Volkanovski"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
<\/div>\n

Movsar
\nEvloev<\/a> has his sight fixed on Alexander
\nVolkanovski<\/a>\u2019s featherweight title. <\/p>\n

Evloev handed Lerone
\nMurphy<\/a> his lone pro loss via a majority decision in the main
\nevent at
\nUFC London<\/a> on Saturday. Currently unbeaten in 10
\nUFC<\/a> outings, Evloev is now considered the frontrunner for the
\nnext title shot against Volkanovski.<\/p>\n

\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cTook London, coming for Sydney,\u201d Evloev wrote.

<\/p>\n
\n

Took London, coming for Sydney. #ufc<\/a>
\npic.twitter.com\/FkojJWqzql<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Movsar
\nEvloev<\/a> (@MovsarUFC)
\nMarch 22, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/center> While Evloev is known for his elite grappling, the Russian also
\nheld his own on the feet against Murphy. Evloev sincerely believes
\nthat he won\u2019t need wrestling to beat Volkanovski.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll listen to your interview, and one thing about me, I\u2019ll never
\nmake excuses,\u201d Evloev wrote. \u201cI truly don\u2019t believe I need
\nwrestling to beat you. You\u2019re a great champion, and I respect you,
\nbut it would be something special to take your throne. Big respect
\nsee you soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

@alexvolkanovski<\/a><\/p>\n

I\u2019ll listen to your interview, and one thing about me, I\u2019ll never
\nmake excuses. I truly don\u2019t believe I need wrestling to beat you.
\nYou\u2019re a great champion, and I respect you, but it would be
\nsomething special to take your throne. Big respect see you soon<\/p>\n

\u2014 Movsar
\nEvloev<\/a> (@MovsarUFC)
\nMarch 23, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/center><\/p>\n

Evloev\u2019s fight against Murphy was a closely-contested technical
\naffair, which had fans and pundits divided on the decision.
\nDiego
\nLopes<\/a>, who previously lost to Evloev, hinted that the fight was
\nboring with yawning emojis. <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

\ud83d\ude05\ud83e\udd71\ud83e\udee9<\/p>\n

\u2014 Diego
\nLopes<\/a> \ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfd (@Diegolopesmma)
\nMarch 21, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/center><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, another fallen opponent of Evloev, Aljamain
\nSterling<\/a>, disagreed with the scorecards. <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

Just rewatched the first 3 rounds again.
\nWe\u2019re all confused on how scoring works in this sport. It\u2019s still
\nseems more subjective than criteria based.
RD1: very close but more activity from Murphy.
RD2: close still but Murphy ahead on strikes.
RD3: really tight until the last 25\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2014 Aljamain
\nSterling<\/a> (@funkmasterMMA)
\nMarch 22, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/center><\/p>\n

A Message for the Critics<\/h2>\n

Reacting to the critics, Evloev reminded them that he has already
\nleft them behind in his wake.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is for all my haters,\u201d Evloev wrote. \u201cA couple of the
\nopponents I beat had a lot to say about me, and they weren\u2019t very
\nnice. A couple of the others were respectful. Either way, love me
\nor hate me, I\u2019m going to be a champion, and you will not. I\u2019m only
\nfocused on winners. Losers stay focused on winners, and you already
\nlost.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

This is for all my haters. A couple of the
\nopponents I beat had a lot to say about me, and they weren\u2019t very
\nnice. A couple of the others were respectful. Either way, love me
\nor hate me, I\u2019m going to be a champion, and you will not. I\u2019m only
\nfocused on winners. Losers stay\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2014 Movsar
\nEvloev<\/a> (@MovsarUFC)
\nMarch 23, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Movsar Evloev has his sight fixed on Alexander Volkanovski\u2019s featherweight title.  Evloev handed Lerone Murphy his lone pro loss via a majority decision in the main event at UFC London on Saturday. Currently unbeaten in 10 UFC outings, Evloev is now considered the frontrunner for the next title shot against Volkanovski. Advertisement \u201cTook London, coming […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37368,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}