Undefeated 20-0 PFL and Rizin champion wants Alexander Volkanovski next
Unbeaten Kyrgyz featherweight Rajabali Shaidullaev, 20-0 and champion in both Rizin and the PFL, congratulated Alexander Volkanovski after UFC 333 and said he would love to test himself against the champion before facing Kyoma Akimoto on 31 December.
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Rajabali Shaidullaev nunca escondeu sua ambição. O peso-pena quirguiz invicto, já campeão em duas promoções, gostaria muito de uma chance contra Alexander Volkanovski.
Volkanovski, dono do cinturão dos penas do Ultimate Fighting Championship, tornou-se o primeiro homem a vencer Movsar Evloev ao parar o russo até então invicto em Abu Dhabi no sábado, encabeçando o UFC 333.
Shaidullaev, cujo cartel registra 20-0, saudou o australiano depois e deixou claro que gostaria de um encontro com “The Great”.
Escrevendo no X, o lutador quirguiz elogiou Volkanovski e ao mesmo tempo mandou ânimo a Evloev. O peso-pena invicto chamou a apresentação do australiano de trabalho de um verdadeiro campeão e de inspiração para lutadores mais jovens, e depois fez questão de apostar na recuperação de Evloev. Também deixou claro que receberia bem a chance de se medir com o campeão do UFC.
“Parabéns, Volk. Aquilo foi uma atuação de campeão”, escreveu. “Uma inspiração para a próxima geração. Uma luta não define um lutador. Movsar, espero que você volte ainda mais forte. O Volk pareceu afiado hoje. Eu adoraria me testar contra ele.”
Fora do UFC, Shaidullaev está entre os principais pesos-penas do esporte. Sua apresentação mais recente rendeu uma vitória sobre A.J. McKee, ex-campeão do Bellator, no Super Rizin 5, em setembro.
Ele é o atual campeão dos penas do Rizin e da Professional Fighters League (PFL). Seu próximo compromisso é um encontro com Kyoma Akimoto no show de Ano Novo do Rizin, no Japão, em 31 de dezembro.
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