Alexander Volkanovski has finally responded to Chan Sung Jung.
Shortly after his controversial UFC Featherweight title win over Max Holloway at UFC 251, Jung posted a statement over Volkanovski’s victory and stated that he’s ashamed of Volkanovski being the champion of his weight class and that he’ll be happy to finish him in a title fight.
Speaking to ESPN, Volkanovski believes that someone is speaking for “Korean Zombie” again and doesn’t mind slapping whoever it is to keep them quiet:
“I don’t know, maybe he’s got one of his boys writing some stuff for him again,” Volkanovski told ESPN. “Straight after my last fight, he started - or one of his teammates or manager - starting getting lippy, and started carrying on and then one of them got slapped for it and then they went quiet. Brian Ortega gave them a good slapping and they stopped talking for awhile. Maybe they need another good slapping to keep them quiet.”
Volkanovski feels that Jung needs to earn a title bout first by beating Brian Ortega:
“He’s probably just trying to hype the fight up but I think he needs to fight Brian Ortega,” Volkanovski said. “I think that’s what they plan on doing. And again, I want them number one contenders. You go out there and you take out Brian Ortega, I’m sure everyone’s gonna be screaming your name and I’m gonna be there waiting. 100 percent.
“I’m not scared of no one in the division. I’ll be honest when I tell you, Max Holloway is the hardest matchup out of everyone in our division. By far. And I was happy to take him back to back. . . I ain’t scared of nobody. I’ve already took out there hardest guys in my division. Back to back we’ve got Chad Mendes, Aldo, and Max. Stylistically, they were the three hardest fights. I’m not the cocky type but I’m confident in all the other matchups I see in the future.