In his own words, Australian UFC fighter Alexander Volkanovski proved the doubters wrong in September: defeating challenger Brian Ortega via unanimous decision to retain his featherweight title at UFC 266 in Las Vegas. Ortega at one stage looked to have the title won in the much-anticipated bout when he sunk in multiple chokes in the third round - only for Volkanovski to escape twice and land some vicious strikes that left Ortega seemingly out on his feet.  The champion ended up outlanding his challenger 214-88 in significant strikes, with a 53-0 margin for strikes on the ground, on his way to a deserved unanimous win - the third-most strikes landed in a featherweight fight in UFC history and the seventh-most in UFC history in any division.Having retained his title and put on a third-round quickly labelled as an all-time classic, Volaknovski took his time to do a bit of partying in Vegas, as you do, before returning home to Australia with his coach Joe Lopez and entering quarantine - something he’s gotten pretty used to as of late. While in quarantine, he caught up with ESPN’s Sam Bruce to discuss his fight, that famous third round, his future plans - and perhaps if Conor McGregor fits into that, getting respect, and more.