Alexander Volkov says Josh Hokit thinks like an elementary school kid after roster jibe

The heavyweight, who beat Rizvan Kuniev at UFC 333, says Hokit has "a fight and a half" in the UFC and a title shot against Ciryl Gane.

Alexander Volkov has hit back at Josh Hokit, saying the heavyweight title challenger "think like an elementary school kid" after Hokit said Volkov was lucky to still be on the UFC roster.

On The Ariel Helwani Show, Helwani read Volkov what Hokit had said in reply to him: "Maybe he should catch my mental illness since he lost to the last 2 guys I beat. Has anyone ever watched a Volkov fight all the way through? He's lucky to still be on the roster. Should have cut his boring ass when they cut Almeida."

"He think like an elementary school kid. That's it," Volkov told The Ariel Helwani Show. He said Hokit's words were "not an argument".

Volkov pointed to how quickly Hokit has reached a title fight. "He just have maybe grand total of a fight and a half in the organization and they give him a title shot," he said. "This just defines what the belts mean."

Hokit fights champion Ciryl Gane for the UFC heavyweight title at UFC 334 on November 14. Volkov questioned what Gane's belt means before UFC 333, then on Saturday beat Rizvan Kuniev on a unanimous decision at UFC 333 in Abu Dhabi, his third win in a row.

"I still can beat everyone in the roster right now in heavyweight," Volkov said, adding that it would be "better him to face me in octagon or like during fight week and we will see who is better."

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