UFC lightweight Michael Chandler believes the featherweight champion Alexander “The Great” Volkanovski is “unbeatable.” This comes hot on the heels of yet another dominant Volkanovski performance at UFC 290 over the weekend, with Chandler taking to his YouTube channel to discuss the champ’s greatest attributes.
“Is Alexander Volkanovski unbeatable? Alexander ‘The Great’ is just that. I break it down to three C’s. Why I think Alexander Volkanovski is the most unbeatable — not just unbeatable champion, but the most unbeatable guy in the entire world.
Michael Chandler: Alexander Volkanovski “Most Unbeatable Guy” On The Planet
There’s a reason why he’s the pound-for-pound No. 1. I break it down to three C’s. Completeness, cardio, and composure. He is the most complete fighter that we have on the roster in the UFC. The most complete fighter in the entire world.
The ability to be at home and be two to three to four steps ahead of his opponents in every single position in a fight. On the feet, navigating and negotiating the distance. Navigating and negotiating the striking.
His plethora of strikes that he has. Very basic. He doesn’t try to get crazy out of his comfort zone even with how dominant he has been.”
Basically, Chandler argues, Volkanovski knows his strengths, and sticks to them, refining them between fights. “He doesn’t try to get out of what makes him him.
Hard punches, basic punches, basic striking. Both with his hands and with his feet, he even throws in elbows and knees when he so chooses. Up against the cage, the grappling exchanges up, offense and defense. There’s not a featherweight alive that he can’t take down.
As we saw, there might not be a lightweight in the world he can’t take down since he took down Islam Makhachev in their fight. Which was a very closely contested fight. I know he wants that fight and in my honest opinion, he might be the guy who might get that title shot.”
Volkanovski remains literally unbeatable at 145 pounds, with no featherweight losses on his professional MMA record. His sole loss in the UFC was his attempt to move up a weight class and take Islam Makhachev’s lightweight title, which ended in a razor-close decision.
Many believed Volkanovski could have taken the decision on the day. One major feature of Volkanovski’s developing skillset of late has been his cultivation of elite grappling training, with fellow Australian and jiu-jitsu silver medalist Craig Jones leading the champ’s grappling training.
Volkanovski recently declared that he either wants to defend his title at featherweight again this year, or move up to lightweight for the Makhachev rematch. Only time will tell if Alexander “The Great” will become Alexander “The Greatest”.
