The numbered tournament UFC 293 ended in Sydney, Australia, and there was an incredible surprise in the main fight of the night. The number five in the middleweight rankings, Sean Strickland, dismantled the current champion Israel Adesanya in parts. People who bet money on the candidate literally became rich. But Russian MMA fans were interested in the co-main fight, in which a local grunt and a Russian hero met.
Surprise UFC of the year! The American talker interrupted Adesanya and declared himself champion.
Alexander Volkov (former Bellator champion) from the first days after his appearance in the UFC was one of the constant contenders for the heavyweight championship belt. He would seem like an excellent reason to frantically “drown” for a polite, witty and extremely talented Russian guy. But MMA fans preferred to troll Drago instead of sending him rays of support. Because?
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The fact is that Alexander started his career brilliantly in the main league on the planet. But after four victories over the stars of yesteryear, he lost to the true top. But the victory in the fight with Lewis could become an argument to reach the title. After the fight, he loses to Blaydes and the criticism on social networks takes on tsunami formats. Volkov is a basic karateka, which becomes the reason for tutoring him in moral teachings.
“Sasha, step up the fight!”, “Wolf, go to Dagestan, step up the fight!”, “Sasha, stop kicking, step up the fight!” Approximately these original wishes have been heard in every Alejandro post for the last 4 to 5 years. In theory, Volkov could get rich selling merchandise with the inscription “Sasha…” well, you know. Volkov, by the way, is a very polite and witty guy. He regularly trolls fans and detractors of him.
And someday something had to happen that would go down in history. Or Volkov will remain inglorious as an eternal guy from the top 10 of the heavy division, who was close to the top, but did not make a brilliant contribution to the history of the UFC. He happened in Australia, it happened unexpectedly and shocked the world of Russian martial arts. Without the slightest irony.
Tuivasa, who was appointed as Alexander’s opponent, is a brilliant guy and much loved in his homeland. They say about such people: beaten to the core. He is one of the local aborigines (in the scientific sense of the word), behaves coldly, is not afraid of anything and has his own bright trait about him. After his victories, he takes a sneaker off one of the fans (right from his feet), pours beer on him and drinks it right in the octagon. Furthermore, he is short and quite overweight.
But all these fun elements, which were probably planned for the fight with Volkov, literally went out the window. Sasha systematically crushed his opponent while standing, there was nothing surprising here, we were happy for our boy, but we couldn’t even imagine what would happen next. And the incredible thing happened. Volkov transferred his opponent to the canvas, knocking him onto his back. And he didn’t turn Ty’s corpse over, but instead hugged it tightly. Come on, the experts tensed in disbelief…
There is a unique technique in wrestling. This is not clickbait, it is truly unique. It is used once or twice a year, at best, in the major leagues. It is too technically difficult, there are much simpler options for finishing an opponent on the ground: hitting with elbows, fists, sitting on a defeated opponent. Sasha played Ezekiel! And Tuivasa relented. Fantastic!
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Alexey Oleinik is considered the main specialist in this technique. By the way, he has been in Moscow for several months. Was he really the one who trained Volkov? In the comments on Russian public pages, fans are naturally hysterical. Sasha has improved his wrestling so much that he performs incredible classics! This meme should definitely be monetized. And if Sasha never makes it to the title fight, he made his contribution to UFC history. Elegant!
The Russian hero defeated the pot-bellied Australian on his territory. Volkov didn’t give Tai a chance
