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Alexander Volkanovski talks Ortega, says he puts Israel Adesanya ‘on the backfoot’ in training

Reigning UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski was impressed with Brian Ortega’s performance against Korean Zombie at UFC Fight Island 6, but ‘The Great’ is confident he will break ‘T-City’ in their upcoming title fight in 2021.

“I believe I’m going to break him,” Volkanovski told told SCMP MMA in a recent interview (h/t Abhinav Kini of The Body Lock). “The way that Max did, I believe that’s somewhere I can go with. Especially with my pressuring style. This is a fun fight for me because I get to put the pressure on. I get to be in his face which is fun and people want to see that.