About Our Ads Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski sees big things for Quillan Salkilld.
Salkilld (13-1 MMA, 6-0 UFC) takes on Benoit Saint Denis (17-4 MMA, 9-4 UFC) in the main event of a UFC Fight Night event on Feb. 6 from Afterpay Arena in Sydney ( Paramount+ ).
Salkilld will look to continue his assent up the lightweight ladder after four-straight first-round finishes, including a submission of Mateusz Gamrot in his first UFC headliner in August. He has earned bonuses for all four of his wins.
"Happy for Quillan, that's a big fight," Volkanovski told UFC Australia and New Zealand . "Obviously it gets him right there, as well. It gets him right in the picture of – well, sort of even the Gamrot fight gets him right in that picture, but BSD, he's still pretty high up. Now he's getting closer and closer, and we're talking about how stacked that division is. A win against BSD, he should be fighting your Ilia's, Paddy's, and all that, and then fighting for a title. How could he not? So, that's huge. He's on a tear. I like BSD, (but) Quillan smokes him."
While Salkilld hasn't lost since his professional debut, Saint Denis will look to rebound from a quick submission loss to Paddy Pimblett at UFC 329 , which snapped his four-fight winning streak.
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC champion expects Quillan Salkilld to 'smoke' Benoit Saint Denis
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