Crazy to think Volkanovski used to compete in rugby at just over 200lbs. They included some of the footage in the UFC 284 countdown.
What REAL UFC Fans Have ALL Been Waiting For. UFC #284 ISLAM VS. VOLKANOVSKI
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He's not fighting at 155 he's cutting to 155 for about two minutes while he weights in after extracting every bit of liquid from his body and starving himself for about a week leading up to the fight. He walks around closer to 200 lbs like khabib, there's no chance that he could make 145 with his frame, he looked like a zombie on weigh in yesterday.
For the life of me I thought he was making 155 easily!!!
Check out yesterday's weigh in, had to strip naked and make barely made weight. The UFC is full of weight bullies who risk life and linb to get any advantage (especially wrestlers who are use to cutting extreme amounts of weight) remember khabib was also notorious for walking around at 200lbs and nearly killed himself trying to make weight for the tony fight that never happened, if I'm not mistaken he shut his kidneys down or something like that trying to make weight.
One fc has the best system with hydration tests during camp and leading up to weigh in day, but imo the only way to truly curb it is to reshuffle the weight limits and to do both hydration testing and same day weigh ins so you don't have an entire day to drink water and eat like a savage.
Agreed re: hydration. They need more weight classes as well. 10lbs is not too bad at the lower divisions ... but when it starts to jump from 170 - 185 - 205 - 265.
They would be wise to include 195, and something in the area of 220 and 240.
Also a bridge weight class like 162.5 or 165 to help those who are too big for 155, but too small for 170 (with all the dudes cutting down from 190 - 200 to make it).
The severe weight cuts messed up Cormier's physiology during the Olympic wrestling days, if I remember correctly.
Gotta give Cormier big credit though. Champ in Strikeforce. Double-champ in the UFC.
To compete all those years at light heavyweight so that he wasn't interfering with his friend & teammate Cain Velasquez's division.
But to also make his name at HW later on. 2 fights with Jones / 3 fights with Stipe / 2 with Rumble, etc. Competing as low as 205 / high as approx' 250lbs.
Always the smaller guy in height too. The title fight vs. Gustafsson in 2015 is easily one of the best fights of that decade. Great scrap.
To compete all those years at light heavyweight so that he wasn't interfering with his friend & teammate Cain Velasquez's division.
But to also make his name at HW later on. 2 fights with Jones / 3 fights with Stipe / 2 with Rumble, etc. Competing as low as 205 / high as approx' 250lbs.
Always the smaller guy in height too. The title fight vs. Gustafsson in 2015 is easily one of the best fights of that decade. Great scrap.
I know when I was younger the philosophy we had was if you're going to compete in a class, your walking around weight had to be no more than 15lbs over. If you wanted to compete in 160 and you were 185. You dieted to about 170 so you weren't killing yourself to make weight.
volk gone stroke Islam... brah
KG - you think he's gonna catch him with something standing? TKO or KO?
He needs to stay away from the ground work, right?
standing....Islam gone get whipped... brah
2200.00 total...brahDamn, Killa.
How much money do you have on the fights tonight?
All the best with your bet(s). Keep us posted later tonight.
You putting down a big wager on the Super Bowl tomorrow as well?
I respect your perspective on the weight issues within UFC. I recall they had stricter rules a time before. They definitely need to revamp the weight limits. I believe the reason why they haven't and won't do it is b/c UFC believes they'll lose money as fighters will be all over the place disrespecting the upper/lower weight divisions on a continuum.
Btw: no wonder why Volk asked Islam if he was okay, and healthy during the weigh-ins. Now it all makes sense.
I suspect the Asian chick about to get reparations via hit from every angle.
bro wtf.. i can tell you are a casual fan.. volk doesnt have a chance... islam is cut from a different cloth........... your post is comical lololol
What’s the potential win out?
I'm already too drunk, it's gonna be a long night! 
Lol. Far from a casual fan actually. But good assumption. He Dagestan crew are amazing. I get that. But something about Volks grit. It gets me. Say what u want but volk has been in wars. Do u not remember those five rounds with Holloway? When was the last time Islam went the distance? It makes them look indestructible and obviously they train hard cardio wise. Wrestling requires immense stamina. But gettin hit in the face while keep that pace is another story. Call me crazy but I’m gonna go with volk on this one. If it was anyone else? Yea I would go with anyone in khabib’s circle.
lets bet $20 in bitcoin? whoever wins gets $20 and its anonymous.. deal?
I don’t deal in bitcoin like that man. Sorry.
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