Has Alex ever fought like that in the past? granted I think that KO loss to Tom might have that effect as it did with Francis but nothing we've seen so far from him suggests it.what an awful matchmaking. all you gonna see is 15 min of friendly stareing with no action that will look like a russian remake of Lewis vs Ngannou.
Alex by decision
None of them fought like that. What i mean is that they are friends and have been training partners for years. Nothing suggests any one of them will go for a finish and Volkov is just better in point fighting.Has Alex ever fought like that in the past? granted I think that KO loss to Tom might have that effect as it did with Francis but nothing we've seen so far from him suggests it.
Do they actually train at the same camp? I know they've trained together sometimes but I was under the impression they were out of different gyms.None of them fought like that. What i mean is that they are friends and have been training partners for years. Nothing suggests any one of them will go for a finish and Volkov is just better in point fighting.
They don't. Volkov has his own team and Pavlovich trains in American top team. But Sergei was Alex's main sparring partner during Lewis and i think some other camps. They both live in Moscow and there is not that many UFC level hw here so they train together offseason frequently. Always friendly and respectful in media too.Do they actually train at the same camp? I know they've trained together sometimes but I was under the impression they were out of different gyms.
YesI rather see Sergey vs Gane
Don't worry the UFC seems to have shifted the Brazilian fanbase towards strong nationalism.Just so you know guys, no one in Russia wants to see this fight. And russian fighters said it multiple times they dont wanna fight each other unless its for the title. We are not brazilians. I'm sure Dana again announced it without signing contracts first.
Well put!Interesting fight. Since Volkov has been Uber Volkov people haven’t really had success in bullying him (outside of the champ) he had issues with the speed and slickness of Gane and Aspinall in terms of striking but that shouldn’t be an issue here.
Pav seems to have 1 way of fighting and it’s being an absolute bully with high count combinations and thudding power that overwhelms these other HW’s even cracking our Champion Aspinall early.
This is a good test to see how Pav deals with somebody who isn’t easy to put away and who shares some scary power too.
I’m leaning Pav by TKO in 2 but I’m really interested in seeing how scrappy Uber Volkov is. When he was skinny he was always willing to scrap so watching a legit hitter that isn’t Tai will be fun.
Don't worry the UFC seems to have shifted the Brazilian fanbase towards strong nationalism.
Brazilian MMA used to be driven as much by fueds between camps as anything, the UFC have heavily pushed it towards nationalism IMHO.Why do you say that? Because almost every 301 matchup has at least 1 Brazilian? Not trolling. Just curious.
Hopefully this means Gane is fighting Almeida. He better not be getting a shot at Aspinall's belt over Blaydes lmao.