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UFC Lightweight Champion Islam Makhachev successfully defended the gold against UFC Featherweight Champion Alexander Volkanovski in the main event of UFC 284.
Beneil Dariush is a top contender to the lightweight champion and he believes Volkanovski exposed some shortcomings in Makhachev’s MMA skill set.
“You start to see holes in their games that might not even be there,” Dariush told MMA Junkie Radio. “You’re only seeing these holes because these inhuman men are colliding, these great fighters colliding, so you start to see these things. I thought it was a great fight from both perspectives. Volkanovski just confirmed my beliefs because I didn’t really have any tape on him besides the Tsarukyan fight, but Volkanovski was able to confirm my beliefs on what I thought his game was lacking and what exactly I could take advantage of.”
Dariush does sit at #4 in the UFC Lightweight Division rankings and reports have surfaced that his next fight could be coming against former UFC Lightweight Champion Charles Oliveira.
The lightweight contender does believe that while some holes were exposed in Makhachev’s MMA skills, both Makhachev and Volkanovski performed well at UFC 284.
“I thought they were both great,” Dariush said. “An unstoppable force meets an unmovable object, it felt like that. These are very good fighters. Some might say No. 1 and No. 2. The only reason I don’t say that because I believe I’m the best in the world. So they’re some of the best fighters coming at each other.”
