Alexander Volkanovski believes teammate Israel Adesanya will decide up a press release win towards Sean Strickland this weekend in Australia.
“Stylebender” will put his middleweight crown up for grabs towards Strickland in the primary occasion of the UFC 293 pay-per-view (PPV) occasion. Many have been favoring the champion to retain the middleweight throne, and Adesanya’s teammate, and present featherweight champion, Alexander Volkanovski is not any completely different.
Talking on his YouTube channel, Volkanovski defined that he sees a dominant victory for Adesanya on the horizon.
“I’m not gonna take a heap away from Sean however stylistically and the extent that ‘Izzy’ is at, there’s a cause why he’s such a favourite. Particularly for this struggle,” Volkanovski mentioned. “Clearly, Sean Strickland supposedly has a wrestling and grappling background. He’s bought a little bit of an ego although, let’s be actual. He’s like, ‘Ah, who cares about that s***. I’m simply gonna go stand and bang.’
“Wasn’t very nicely for him with the entire [Alex] Pereira factor however there’s an excellent probability he does that anyway. However you would possibly see him know that this isn’t a battle he needs to go down that kind of street with Israel Adesanya. He ought to be taught that fairly early. ‘Izzy’s’ gonna actually decide him aside, smash his legs with a wide range of dexterity he has together with his legs. Mixing it up on the leg, whether or not it goes to the physique or up excessive, I can see a lot harm occurring.”
Volkanovski trains reverse Adesanya at Metropolis Kickboxing (CKB) below coach Eugene Bareman. If there’s anybody who is aware of precisely what Adesanya is able to, it’s Volkanovski, who trains with the middleweight champ regularly. In truth, Volkanovski is ready to envision the struggle so nicely that he firmly believes Adesanya will break Strickland’s arm with a kick.
“One factor that I’ve been pondering of and picturing in my head … a damaged arm,” Volkanovski mentioned. “Breaking Sean Strickland’s arm from a kick. I don’t know why, I’m simply seeing it occur whereas he’s attempting to dam. Brings his hand up final minute and simply snapping it. I’m truly picturing that.
“I’m gonna go clearly TKO. I believe it’s gonna be a TKO mid rounds. Anyplace two-three, I believe you could possibly do it within the first however I’m selecting spherical two, spherical three TKO stoppage and I believe he actually does put it on him. Sean Strickland’s gonna say some issues and I believe ‘Izzy’s’ gonna get the payback that he needs and it’s gonna be that kind of struggle the place he actually will get to harm this man. Sean’s robust, he’s gonna hold attempting to return ahead and I can simply see him getting completely battered.”