Javier Mendez thinks Islam Makhachev left no doubt by knocking out Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 294.
stop Volkanovski with a first-round head kick knockoutof their first fight. “I wanted it to be clear and definitive. You know, hey, it’s over, move on, that’s it. I wanted that for that reason for me personally, and obviously for Islam – but me, too. I wanted to, ‘Hey, we won that fight’ – like I always said, turn off the music on the first fight and then look at it objectively and see who landed the better strikes, see who had the more control. But it was a great fight.
“I’ll tell you what, in all honesty, I’m glad it didn’t go more than one round, because then there was going to be doubt again – not enough training, not enough this, not enough that,” Mendez said. “You can’t say nothing off of this – cannot. It’s just: Hey, question solved. Move on.
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