Alexander Volkanovski suffered KO at welterweight in transition from bulky rugby player to lean UFC star

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Alexander Volkanovski suffered KO at welterweight in transition from bulky rugby player to lean UFC star
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Alexander Volkanovski hopes to become just the fifth dual-weight champion in UFC history by beating Islam Makhachev this weekend. The UFC featherweight king will step up in weight to challenge Khab…

In 2020, Volkanovski reflected on his early MMA days at welterweight and admitted that he never should’ve accepted a fight with an opponent so much bigger than him.

“And again, it was in a division I probably should have never been in. But, you know, I took him on and I did alright, I held my own, but things didn’t go well. The 25-1 fighter holds high-profile wins over Jose Aldo, Chad Mendes ‘The Korean Zombie’, Brian Ortega, and Max Holloway who he has impressively beaten three times.

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