Alexander Volkonvski thought his Twitter exchange with Conor McGregor was weird, but isn’t surprised that he took a shot at him. After featherweight champion Volkanovski (25-1 MMA, 12-0 UFC) and newly crowned lightweight champ Islam Makhachev faced off in the octagon at UFC 280 to set up a potential superfight, McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) tweeted that a fight between them would barely sell. That prompted Volkanovski to respond, and their brief back-and-forth abruptly ended with former UFC dual-champ McGregor showing respect and giving him advice on how to beat Makhachev. “He knows he ain’t fighting for that featherweight title,” Volkanovski told Submission Radio
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