Do not count on Michael Chiesa to be stunned if Gian Silva defeats Movsar Evloev to win the following UFC featherweight title.
Some MMA followers and consultants imagine Evloev ought to by no means have gotten the possibility to win the 145-pound title after defeating Aljamain Sterling in late 2024. Evloev ended up sitting out all of 2025, however returned in March and defeated Lerone Murphy by majority resolution.
In the meantime, Silva is working in the direction of a title battle towards present featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski. ‘Lord’ insists his thrilling preventing model is what UFC matchmakers are in search of lately.
In an interview with MMAJunkie.com, Chiesa mentioned he would not be shocked if Silva was ranked subsequent to Evloev.
“Would he be stunned if I gave it to Gian Silva?” Chiesa mentioned. “It ought to undoubtedly be Movsar, given the truth that he’s undefeated. You additionally need to bear in mind that Movsar Evloev has been drafted 21 occasions and I believe he has solely fought 10 fights or so. Some issues are out of his management, however quite a lot of the time it is overtraining and pushing issues too arduous. It needs to be Mokhsar Evloev, however I would not be stunned if it was Gian Silva.”
On Saturday, Aljamain Sterling and Yousef Zalal will compete within the featherweight major occasion of UFC Vegas 116. Chiesa doesn’t suppose this outcome will have an effect on the end result of his subsequent featherweight title battle.
“It does not matter who wins between Zalal and Sterling. I do not suppose they would be the subsequent ones,” Chiesa mentioned. “I believe whoever wins between Arjo and Zalal, Mohsar, Jean Silva, whoever stays, will battle whoever shouldn’t be chosen between Jean Silva and Mohsar.”
Volkanovskiy mentioned he would favor to battle Evloev subsequent based mostly on benefit. It stays to be seen whether or not the UFC brass feels the identical approach.
On the finish of the day, who do you suppose will get the following crack on the UFC Featherweight Championship? Be a part of the dialog under.
