Steve Garcia wants to retire Alexander Volkanovski

Steve Garcia thinks Alexander Volkanovski is no longer the same fighter that he used to be. Garcia is scheduled to fight Diego Lopes at UFC White House on June 14. Garcia wants to call for a title shot against Volkanovski if he gets past Lopes.

Garcia believes Volkanovski should ideally retire now. However, if Volkanovski doesn’t retire, “Mean Machine” vows to make the 37-year-old hang up his gloves if they meet inside the Octagon. While Garcia isn’t looking past Lopes, he sees chinks in Volkanovski’s armor now.

Championship Dreams “I’m calling for that strap,” Garcia said on the "Smash Cast” podcast . “Give me that strap, that’s what I want. Honestly, I feel like Volk should retire.

Because if he doesn’t, I’m gonna retire him… But again, I got a huge tall task ahead of me. I’m not gonna look past Diego Lopes , that would be stupid to do it. But in my head every time I see Volk, I’m like, ah, he’s not the Volk of old.