Alexander Volkanovski shared small perception into the alleged use of an intravenous line by his former opponent Islam Makhachev.
Throughout an look on The MMA Hour, the Australia native mentioned his ideas on Makhavev’s weight on struggle night time then hinted at Makhachev utilizing an IV to rehydrate after his weight minimize to 155 kilos.Â
Volkanovski’s teammate Dan Hooker took to social media in the present day and spoke about how Makhachev allegedly employed a nurse to offer an IV for rehydration. He went on to name the 155-pound champion a “cheater”. Makhachev efficiently defended his light-weight title in opposition to Volkanovski this previous weekend at UFC 284.Â
Volkanovki’s interview was taped earlier than Hooker’s feedback.Â
“Yeah, 178, 180 [pounds] I believe [Islam Makhachev] would’ve been. I heard he will get as much as 180, like 83 kilograms near it. You refill fairly fast on the IV’s and stuff like that…Perhaps that’s somewhat shot at him.”
The UFC haven’t responded to the allegations.Â
Alexander Volkanovski is Assured He’ll Beat Islam Makhachev in a RematchÂ
With one other alternative, the 145-champion Volkanovski believes he’ll defeat Makhachev and turn into a double champion. It was his first loss since Might 2013.Â
“I don’t wish to be that man but when he was only a featherweight in my division, I’d squash him. I’d squash him. It’s a stroll within the park. No offense to him however that’s legit and I could make this a stroll within the park proper now. We struggle once more and we do that rematch, which…I talked about it, Islam talked about, UFC’s speaking about it, and everybody else is speaking about it so I believe we will make that occur. I don’t want him to be a featherweight…He can get as huge as he desires, IV, no matter he does it doesn’t matter. Watch what occurs subsequent time.”
