{"id":41213,"date":"2026-10-22T02:28:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T02:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Alexander-Volkanovski-explains-why-hes-a-nightmare-matchup-for-Movsar-Evloev-203291"},"modified":"2026-10-22T02:28:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T02:28:58","slug":"alexander-volkanovski-explains-why-hes-a-nightmare-matchup-for-movsar-evloev","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/alexander-volkanovski-explains-why-hes-a-nightmare-matchup-for-movsar-evloev\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Volkanovski explains why he\u2019s a \u2018nightmare matchup\u2019 for Movsar Evloev"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Alexander
\nVolkanovski<\/a> is confident he\u2019ll become the first fighter to
\ndefeat Movsar
\nEvloev<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Volkanovski (28-4) will defend his
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> featherweight title against
\nEvloev (20-0) at
\nUFC 333<\/a> on Oct. 24 at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. The champion
\nbelieves he presents a \u201cnightmare\u201d stylistic matchup for the
\nunbeaten Russian.<\/p>\n

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Alexander Volkanovski explains why Movsar Evloev’s grappling
\nmay fail him in UFC 333 title fight<\/h2>\n

Ahead of their title clash, Volkanovski explained that Evloev
\nrelies on his wrestling to escape difficult situations. The
\nAustralian champion believes his own grappling skills will deny the
\nchallenger that fallback option.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it just doesn\u2019t end well for him,\u201d Volkanovski said in a
\npre-fight interview. \u201cI don\u2019t mean it in any bad way. I just think
\nI\u2019m the guy to take that zero from him. He\u2019s got incredible skill.
\nHe is very effective with what he does\u2026 Every time he\u2019s had
\nproblems, he could rely on that wrestling and grappling to get him
\nout of trouble. And you’ve got to respect that skill. But that
\ndoesn\u2019t work with me. That\u2019s not a get out of jail free card with
\nme. When you\u2019re panicking, when you\u2019re freaking out, you don\u2019t get
\nto just grab hold of me and hang on to a leg or anything like that\u2026
\nI just think that I\u2019m a bit of a nightmare matchup for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Volkanovski has demonstrated his defensive wrestling in previous
\nappearances, including his competitive first bout against Islam
\nMakhachev<\/a>, who tops the UFC\u2019s men\u2019s pound-for-pound rankings.
\nHe has never been submitted in 32 professional fights.<\/p>\n

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\n

“I am a nightmare matchup for him.” Champ
\nAlexander
\nVolkanovski<\/a> (@alexvolkanovski) details why he’ll be the first
\none to defeat Movsar
\nEvloev<\/a> and what it will mean for his legacy. @VisitAbuDhabi |
\n@InAbuDhabi | #InAbuDhabi | @ParamountPlus
\nhttps:\/\/t.co\/IckD8pQ9EY<\/p>\n

\u2014 UFC News (@UFCNews)
\nOctober 21, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Alexander Volkanovski is confident he\u2019ll become the first fighter to defeat Movsar Evloev. Volkanovski (28-4) will defend his Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight title against Evloev (20-0) at UFC 333 on Oct. 24 at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. The champion believes he presents a \u201cnightmare\u201d stylistic matchup for the unbeaten Russian. Advertisement Alexander Volkanovski explains […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41214,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41213","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\/41213","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=41213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}