{"id":393463,"date":"2022-06-22T15:06:37","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T15:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=393463"},"modified":"2022-06-22T15:06:37","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T15:06:37","slug":"im-down-for-whatever-he-wants-dana-white-on-alexander-volkanovskis-intent-to-face-charles-oliveira-for-the-lightweight-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/im-down-for-whatever-he-wants-dana-white-on-alexander-volkanovskis-intent-to-face-charles-oliveira-for-the-lightweight-title\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I&#8217;m Down for Whatever He Wants&#8217;- Dana White on Alexander Volkanovski&#8217;s Intent to Face Charles Oliveira for the Lightweight Title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC President Dana White spoke to the MacLife and commented on recent statements made by Alexander Volkanovski regarding a move to the 155-pound division. Alexander \u2018The Great\u2019 is keen to make a run at becoming a two-division champion by defeating Charles Oliveira. Being a two-division UFC champion will help solidify Alexander Volkanovski\u2019s legacy forever and put him amongst the all-time greats.<\/p>\n<p>While some fans question a champion\u2019s status of being able to move up in weight and keep their own division on hold, it seems as though Alexander Volkanovski\u2019s decision to move to lightweight is being wholeheartedly supported.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, UFC President Dana White revealed that he\u2019s entirely on board with Volkanovski\u2019s desire to move to lightweight.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/i-dont-know-if-anybody-is-a-big-threat-for-kamaru-usman-dana-white-seemingly-dismisses-leon-edwards-with-his-latest-statement\/\">\u201cI Don\u2019t Know if Anybody Is a Big Threat for Kamaru Usman\u201d- Dana White Seemingly Dismisses Leon Edwards With His Latest Statement<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Dana White gives Alexander Volkanovski the green light<\/h2>\n<p>The long-time UFC boss said that once Alexander Volkanovski gets past his rival UFC in Max Holloway, the path would be clear to make a move to the lightweight division. Holloway has been Volkanovski\u2019s biggest adversary and a win over him would give Volkanovski some much-deserved leeway.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSo, Volkanovski is one of those guys who has earned the respect of everybody, I would say, by now. You know, he\u2019s got this Holloway fight that probably makes sense for him to do this and put this behind him.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GeenjNvkBJg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThen you don\u2019t have to hear about it anymore, and that guy can do whatever he wants to do. I mean, if he wants to move up and challenge somebody at \u201955 or whatever he wants to do, I\u2019m down for whatever he wants.\u201d [h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-gives-alex-volkanovski-the-green-light-to-fight-for-the-ufc-lightweight-title-that-guy-can-do-whatever-he-wants-to-do\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bjpenn.com<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-393322 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/06\/vin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/06\/vin.jpg 640w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/06\/vin-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alexander Volkanovski has been a force as the featherweight champion and his recent demolition of \u2018The Korean Zombie\u2019 showed that he\u2019s a step ahead of the competition. Alexander Volkanovski\u2019s orientation and training have allowed him to become one of the most premium champions in the organization.<\/p>\n<p>Charles Oliveira has been a lightweight ace in his own right and his recent wins have placed him at the very top. He will be favored in a potential fight against Alexander Volkanovski, given his strength of schedule to date.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC President Dana White spoke to the MacLife and commented on recent statements made by Alexander Volkanovski regarding a move to the 155-pound division. Alexander \u2018The Great\u2019 is keen to make a run at becoming a two-division champion by defeating Charles Oliveira. Being a two-division UFC champion will help solidify Alexander Volkanovski\u2019s legacy forever and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":393464,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2006],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-393463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ufc"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}