AKAs Javier Mendez: Beneil Dariushone hundred percent` merits name shot in opposition to Islam Makhachev
If it have been as much as Javier Mendez, Islam Makhachev might be protecting the UFC light-weight championship in opposition to Beneil Dariush next.
Minutes after his second-spherical submission win over Charles Oliveira at UFC 280 this beyond Saturday, Makhachev shifted his attention to the primary protection of his reign—which, with the aid of using all appearances, will come in opposition to UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski. The champ vs. champ conflict changed into all however showed with the aid of using UFC president Dana White, who stated `it seems like Volkanovski is next` in his post-combat press conference.
Though Mendez is first-rate with Makhachev vs. Volkanovski, he informed Submission Radio that a person else is extra deserving of an possibility in opposition to his newly topped champion. The American Kickboxing Academy (AKA) teach threw his assist at the back of Dariush, who defeated Mateusz Gamrot in what changed into broadly taken into consideration a ability No. 1 contender.
“Now who’s actually, in my opinion, extra deserving from a real expert sport-sport? But this now no longer a real sport, that is an amusement-sport,” stated Mendez. “So, from a real sport, Dariush, he merits it. He one hundred percentage merits the following shot. But due to the fact that is an amusement sport, the fanatics need to look Alex and Islam cross for it due to the fact [it`s] the pound-for-pound king vs. the brand new king withinside the light-weight division.
If it have been as much as Javier Mendez, Islam Makhachev might be protecting the UFC light-weight championship in opposition to Beneil Dariush next.
Minutes after his second-spherical submission win over Charles Oliveira at UFC 280 this beyond Saturday, Makhachev shifted his attention to the primary protection of his reign—which, with the aid of using all appearances, will come in opposition to UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski. The champ vs. champ conflict changed into all however showed with the aid of using UFC president Dana White, who stated `it seems like Volkanovski is next` in his post-combat press conference.
Though Mendez is first-rate with Makhachev vs. Volkanovski, he informed Submission Radio that a person else is extra deserving of an possibility in opposition to his newly topped champion. The American Kickboxing Academy (AKA) teach threw his assist at the back of Dariush, who defeated Mateusz Gamrot in what changed into broadly taken into consideration a ability No. 1 contender.
“Now who’s actually, in my opinion, extra deserving from a real expert sport-sport? But this now no longer a real sport, that is an amusement-sport,” stated Mendez. “So, from a real sport, Dariush, he merits it. He one hundred percentage merits the following shot. But due to the fact that is an amusement sport, the fanatics need to look Alex and Islam cross for it due to the fact [it`s] the pound-for-pound king vs. the brand new king withinside the light-weight division.
