At least I gave you a reason for calling you an idiot, what’s your excuse?
News Islam was 8 lbs heavier than first Volk fight
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At least I gave you a reason for calling you an idiot, what’s your excuse?
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Did Javier say Islam was 176 in the first Volk fight? Islam is usually no more than 175 according to Javier and Islam in other interviews, so I would assume 8 lbs less would mean he weighed in the high 160s for Volk 1.
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TS probably did not think that these numbers tell us, that the champ must be cutting something around 15kgs to make LW limit. If he is still able to put like 8lbs (~3,7kg) more in the last 10-12 hrs.
It is a little questionable too, if that is doable with only oral hydration.
For his health it would be good if he goes to WW.
Edit: Just for comparison Costa hydrated 28lbs with IVs. 185 -> 213. And he carries much more muscle to store the water.
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I mean, he beat Volk in Australia a single fight prior. And I'm also fairly certain the majority of his fights have been outside Abu Dhabi. I'm sure he's not going to all of a sudden fight solely in the UAE.
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Irrelevant. He got head kicked into oblivion before any of that was a factor.
If a veteran pro who is elite can't fight for 4 minutes (after claiming he's always in shape) then he probably isn;t as good as he thinks he is.
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He was 173 in Perth. So 181 lbs in Abu Dhabi. Pretty standard for fighters to rehydrate 20lbs +, this is just the nature of weight cutting.
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The TS didn't think about those numbers because Paolo Delutis just completely made up Islam weighing 176 for the first Volk fight.
The UFC told Islam that Volk's fight night weight was bigger than his in Perth. Volk did not weigh more than 176 lbs then LMAO
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181 isnt not a LW anyways...its not much better .. i thought i saw 176 for islam and 173 or 171 for volk...
26lbs heavier...whats the point of weight classes ...
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I got the numbers, from his last 10-12hrs. If he is able to pack so much more after the first 24hrs (when the human body usually absorbs best), He must have been cutting something around 28-30lbs.
Or he must have really been vomiting and having seriuos problems, and not able to absorb fluids in Perth. That could have happened too.
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You know, I was a little aggressive when I said you made the numbers up when you could have just been misremembering, so my bad on that.
But I can't find anything from anyone in the know saying that Islam was 176 and Alex was 171.
Both Javier and Islam said the UFC told them that Volk was heavier in Perth on fight night, and Islam repeated the claim right in front of Dana during the press conference. I doubt Islam would risk looking like a dishonest fool lying about that in front of the person who could contradict him facing a crowd of Muslims.
Volk didn't contradict him either, and simply said Islam had a weak mindset for caring about that.
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IVlam at 155, hydrating 26 -30lbs. Fans be like IZ normal, everyone cuts like that.
Costa at 185, hydrating 28lbs. Fans be like, move up, what a weight bully!
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Yeah, you're smart enough to acknowledge the variables you listed in that last paragraph, which may be more probable than usual because he supposedly was having a really rough cut (hence the IV accusations).
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He's just way taller than Volk, but in the first fight they were the same size. Islam was 173 in Perth and Volk was roughly that weight on fight night.
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For the record, Volk himself said he weighed 172 in Perth on fight night.
If the UFC told Islam that Alex weighed more than him, that means Islam weighed 171 at the most and possibly less.
If the UFC told Islam that Alex weighed more than him, that means Islam weighed 171 at the most and possibly less.
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You can't out talk the facts, we all saw Volk. He's never looked that fat and lacking reactions. The man wasn't prepared for a high level fight.
Yes you drill techniques and learn year round. Have you ever learned a new technique? Try executing that sucker at training speed during a fight, lol.
Training camps don't just prepare for gamepalnning and conditioning, they also prepare for your opponents timing and sharpen your reaction time. Pretty huge factors leading into a fight with one of the top p4p fighters in the world. But let's just treat these factors with the levity of a fight between unranked late replacements so TS can tell us how cool IVlam looked beating up on an unprepared man and celebrating about it like he won the lottery.
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Lmao is all I can say. Volk was much more compromised in the second fight than Islam will ever be in his career. Extreme weight cutting (no time) while out of fight-speed shape. Yes he is in shape compared to average joe because he is a professional athlete. But was he in fight-shape? Absolutely not.
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