Movsar Evloev wants to stay busy after extending his undefeated record at UFC 310.
Evloev (19-0 MMA, 9-0 UFC) is coming off a unanimous decision win over former UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling earlier this month. Evloev feels he has done enough to have a shot at the title, but if that isn’t the next step for champion Ilia Topuria, he hopes to get right back into action.
With Ramadan scheduled to begin on the last day of February or the first day of March, Evloev would like to book a fight before then.
“I’m fine, I feel great,” Evloev told TMZ. “I’m still waiting for news for the next fight, but not yet. Nothing yet, maybe they’ll do something for me next week because I need a fight before Ramadan. We have January and February, so we’ll see.”
Activity was not always on Evloev’s side. He competed just once in 2022 and 2023 and almost fought again this year before earning a runner-up finish to Sterling at the final pay-per-view of the year.
Evloev, who now has victories over the likes of Sterling, Arnold Allen and Diego Lopes, doesn’t have a specific opponent in mind. He doesn’t care about rankings.
“There are few names when it’s not about the title,” Evloev said. “Well, whatever.”
UFC featherweight champion Topuria recently hinted at a possible move to lightweight. But if he stays at 145 pounds, Evloev doesn’t think he’ll be next in line.
“If he stays at featherweight, I’m pretty sure they’ll do him and (Alexander Volkanovski) again,” Evloev said. “But his coach or himself said that he would be promoted. I don’t know it. To be honest, I don’t even care. Just give me my title.”
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