VOLKANOVSKI STOPS EVLOEV, YAN WINS THE TRILOGY: UFC 333 Recap + What’s Next
The Anik & Florian PodcastShow Notes
The Anik & Florian Podcast is BACK after UFC 333, and Jon Anik and Kenny Florian are still buzzing from two championship performances at the highest level of the sport. Alexander Volkanovski stopped the previously unbeaten Movsar Evloev in round two while reportedly fighting sick, and Kenny breaks down the counter-grappling sequence that told him the fight was slipping away from Evloev. The guys also put Volk’s résumé in historical context, debate where he belongs among Australia’s greatest athletes, and look ahead to possible fights with Justin Gaethje and the next featherweight contender.
RJ Clifford joins to go deep on Petr Yan’s trilogy win over Merab Dvalishvili. RJ explains why Yan’s ability to process information and take over as the fight develops makes him so difficult to solve, Kenny points to Yan’s patience, and Jon makes his strongest bantamweight statement yet. From there they debate whether Sean O’Malley or Song Yadong should be next for Yan and what the loss means for Merab.
Plus: UFC 333 standouts Lonnie Kavanagh, Aaron Pico, Alexander Volkov and Dominick Reyes; where the featherweight and flyweight title pictures go next; and an early look at UFC Fight Night headlined by Renato Moicano vs. Tom Nolan, with Jacobe Smith vs. Randy Brown in the co-main event. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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