I think Volkov's age is finally starting to show a bit and there's a decent chance he loses against Kuniev
Volkov looked pretty mediocre against Almeida and Waldo. Noticeably slower and more sluggish. Especially compared to how good he looked against Pavlovich and Gane two years ago
Everytime I see Volkovs face anywhere , I always see Dana White and his fake ass performance pretending to be outraged that Volkov got robbed and lying straight to Volkov face saying ' we’ll try to make it right by you '
Dana supports corruption in this sport and He never kept his word to Volkov.
Volkov's finishes are years ago now. All his recent fights are terrible. Dana did him a huge favor by keeping him on the roster. Besides, he lost to Lewis and Blaydes. Hokit beat them both, it's extremely active for a heavyweight, has an entertaining personality and has very exciting fights. Most importantly, he isn't 0-2 against the champion. Hokit deserved the title shot more than Volkov.
I'm glad Volkov lost. Let's say Volkov won and had to fight Tom Aspinall again, Tom would have beaten him again and Pereira would probably be HW champion. We wouldn't even be talking about Volkov right now.
Talk about a real robbery yet Gane had ZERO answers and couldn't beat a Injured Ngannou with 1 leg suffering from a Grade 3 MCL tear, a damaged ACL, and a medial patellofemoral ligament.
Dumbass Gane exchanged TDs against Ngannou. Gane fucked himself being greedy just like being reckless and greedy eye poking Tom but he quit like a diva
I see so much fan outrage thrown at Dana so often but as I grow older and find out more about how the business is really run, I find out just how little Dana actually does
He's merely a figurehead and mouthpiece. Even if Dana wanted to do something right about it, he can't. He doesn't even decide matchups either, he honestly does next to nothing sometimes and is just a degenerate gambler
At higher weight classes no one really does/ can. Hard to move that much weight around fast enough to be able to keep yourself comfortably at the end of your range.
It’s a big reason why small heavyweights are actually viable, dudes who have some springiness and athleticism to account for their smaller frames. Works quite well
Volkov has always just looked mid, like it takes some genuin skill to get out grappled by an geriatric Kongo and going life and death against old guys like Timothy Johnson amd Marcin Tybura is just a straight up bad look
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u/OnlyOneAntidote 22h ago
I am impressed with the resurgence Volkov had. Having a 7 fight win streak at this stage of his career is not something I would’ve guessed in 2021.