Before the match against Alexander Volkanovski, Islam Makhachev was more appreciated. He played in the balance class, and had just had a convincing victory. The only disadvantage of Makhachev in the upcoming match is that he no longer has Khabib accompanying in the training area as before. However, Makhachev is still confident.
“Alexander Volkanovski is just a dwarf. I believe I can defeat him before the fifth half ends,” Islam Makhachev arrog the arrogant statement. The speech of Russian boxers made the UFC arena really stirred up. Makhachev may be appreciated, but Volkanovski is also an equally strong boxer when constantly successfully defending the championship belt.
In response to Makhachev's mockery, Volkanovski gently replied: “He has the right to say what he thinks. I don't feel strange with the way people target the height to decry me. As soon as I was playing in the Featherweight class, most of the opponents were still higher than me. But I always had a way to defeat them as you saw.”
At the age of 34, Volkanovski is considered one of the most interesting boxers of contemporary MMA. He used to be a semi -rugby athlete in Australia before being charming with martial arts. Capital is just a lover of MMA in general and UFC in particular, Volkanovski practicing MMA from the age of 22 and pursuing professional martial arts ever since.
Currently, besides the gym in Australia, Volkanovski also often comes to Thailand to “study” Tiger chain of Muay Thai. This is a place to help him significantly improve melee fighting techniques, especially standing skills. His frequent practitioners are the leading boxers like Israel Adesanya, Dan Hooker and Kai Kara-France.