Shelved UFC star Conor McGregor recently offered some unsolicited advice to Alexander Volkanovski, who is looking like he’s headed for a lightweight title bout against newly-minted champion Islam Makhachev. Via Twitter, “The Notorious” told the reigning featherweight titleholder and pound-for-pound king to “aim to head butt the chest cavity.”
Likewise, Makhachev’s long-time training partner Khabib Nurmagomedov offered some of his tips. In his post-UFC 280 conversation with ESPN’s Brett Okamoto, “The Eagle” pretty much offered a cheat sheet to Volkanovski in terms of approaching the potential fight.
“Let him prepare this.