Max Holloway picks Alexander Volkanovski to beat Movsar Evloev on a decision at UFC 333

Holloway, who lost to Volkanovski three times, says people sleep on him and that the talk about Evloev's wrestling forgets Volkanovski's first fight with Islam Makhachev.

Max Holloway expects Alexander Volkanovski to beat Movsar Evloev on the scorecards when they meet at UFC 333 in Abu Dhabi on Saturday.

Holloway, beaten by Volkanovski at UFC 245, UFC 251 and UFC 276, gave his pick on his own UFC 333 predictions stream. "I think this is a great matchup for him," he said. Later in the stream he added: "He lands a lot over 25 minutes. He gets his hand raised in a decision."

He played down the focus on Evloev's wrestling and pointed back to Volkanovski's two fights with Islam Makhachev. "I know he fought Islam twice and I know everybody just think of the second one, like they forgot the first one never happened," Holloway said. "Alexander Volkanovski was wrestling with one of the best 155 wrestlers in the world."

Holloway gave Evloev credit for his power, saying "we saw him jab somebody and drop somebody with a jab", but said Volkanovski would keep him away with the jab and "might even make a point to go and wrestle with him in the middle rounds" to prove he can.

"Alex Volkanovski is just a different animal and I really think people sleep on Alex Volkanovski," he said. "You guys got to put a little bit more respect on Volkanovski's name."

Volkanovski is 28-4 and Evloev is unbeaten at 20-0. The UFC 333 UK start time page has the times and how to watch.

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