TJ Dillashaw says Alexander Volkanovski fought scared at UFC 298

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Former UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw said that former UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski lost his title to Ilia Topuria at UFC 298 because of one thing: fear.

During a session with JAXXON PODCAST, Dillashaw said:

‘For me, I don’t know what Volk’s game plan was. I’d like to be in his head before I do a complete judgement of it.

‘I know he was scared of the power. I could tell by the way he was fighting, he was very scared of Topuria’s power — which he should be, to an extent.

‘He’s never fought like that in the past. The first two rounds, all he was doing was throwing kicks. He wasn’t setting them up, he was just throwing them, he was expecting Topuria to block them. I was thinking he was trying to slow down his arms.

‘Every time Topuria would get close, he was just backing up and leaning away. Soon as I saw that, I was like, “Damn, he’s gonna get caught.” He was fighting scared. He was worried about the power… That’s where he went wrong. He was afraid of his power and fought scared.’

As Topuria enjoys the win, Volkanovski has to dust himself and get back the gym.