‘I feel prefer it’s my fault’

Alexander Volkanovski said that he feels for Beneil Dariush when predicting his next fight.

Following a 16-second loss to Benoit Saint-Denis, Dariush looks to get back into the win column this weekend.

The 25-fight UFC veteran might be attempting to defend his position within the rankings when he takes on rising star Quillan Salkilld within the co-main event of UFC Perth.

While the 36-year-old now finds himself able where he’s facing the subsequent wave of potential contenders, it was only several years ago that he produced certainly one of the division’s best win streaks.

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Alexander Volkanovski admits he feels for Beneil Dariush over lightweight title shot snub

Heading into 2023, Beneil Dariush was riding an eight-fight win streak that might have earned him a light-weight title shot if the proper cards fell into place.

Islam Makhachev did put the belt on the road just a couple of months on from when Dariush prolonged this run, however it was featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski that got the shot.

When breaking down the fights happening on the RAC Arena this Saturday, Volkanovski admitted that he feels bad for the 31-fight veteran for this reason.

“I actually do like Dariush. I feel for him. He was freaking, I almost feel like I… He must have fought for titles after which that was once I obviously deserved my probability at champ-champ,” he said on his YouTube channel.

“I ended up taking where he probably would have been. He would have been backup, he would have been next if it wasn’t [for] me after which s—, I feel prefer it’s my fault that he never got that title fight. He’s a superb dude too.”

Dariush said last yr that he never felt like he was going to get the title shot despite beating the likes of Tony Ferguson and Mateusz Gamrot during his best run of form.

His win streak got here to a devastating end when he was stopped in the primary round by former champion Charles Oliveira in a fight that secured ‘Do Bronx’ a rematch with Makhachev.

When Oliveira needed to withdraw from this matchup on short notice as a consequence of an injury, it was Volkanovski who got the decision to step in.

‘The Great’ ended his thoughts on Dariush’s upcoming matchup by picking Quillan Salkilld to supply a knockout win.