Quotes by Alexander Volkanovski - Page 2

I want to take on fighters like Jeremy Stephens, Andre Fili... get ourselves into the Octagon and see if these guys can bully me.
Alexander Volkanovski /
Me See Want
Andre
Fighters
Jeremy
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I literally cringe every time I see someone trying to trash talk. Some people just don't have it and they try, and I find that funny.
Alexander Volkanovski /
Funny
Cringe
Trash
Time People See
Funny Time People
Every Time
Literally
Some People
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No one is really playing the good guy, but if they want to play the bad guy, I'm ready to play the super hero and take these guys out.
Alexander Volkanovski /
Bad Guy
Good Hero Bad
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If there's one thing I'd say to anyone out there, is that if you're in this game, it's a rollercoaster. There's a lot of ups and downs.
Alexander Volkanovski /
Rollercoaster
Downs
Ups
Ups And Downs
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I used to play in the front row, I could eat whatever I want - but I got up to 97 kilograms. And let's remember I'm five foot bloody nothing!
Alexander Volkanovski /
Bloody
Foot
Row
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My first four fights in amateur at middleweight, and the first four professional were at welterweight. And I just kind of went down from there.
Alexander Volkanovski /
Just Kind
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I'm actually comfortable a little bit out of range as well. I like to pick my times when to come in. I'm very comfortable in the pocket as well.
Alexander Volkanovski /
Range
Pocket
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I believe I'm a similar style to Khabib when it comes to the ground and stuff, but I believe I've got a whole 'nother, higher level of striking.
Alexander Volkanovski /
Higher Level
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I've pictured myself fighting a whole bunch of people. Not only the Max Holloway, but also Conor, Cejudo, Korean Zombie, even Khabib Nurmagomedov.
Alexander Volkanovski /
Bunch
Fighting
Max
Zombie
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Actually, when I first started dropping weight to fight, my biggest worry was how my smaller body would look compared to the size of my massive head.
Alexander Volkanovski /
Dropping
Smaller
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I'll be honest when I tell you, Max Holloway is the hardest matchup out of everyone in our division. By far. And I was happy to take him back to back.
Alexander Volkanovski /
Division
Max
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I've already took out the hardest guys in my division. Back to back we've got Chad Mendes, Aldo, and Max. Stylistically, they were the three hardest fights.
Alexander Volkanovski /
Chad
Division
Max
Fights
Stylistically
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With all my fights, my style is to pretty much put a beating on. I don't exactly like hurting people, but unfortunately that's what we need to do in this game to win.
Alexander Volkanovski /
Fights
Beating
Game People Win
Exactly
Unfortunately
Hurting
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My last year of football I started having a couple of MMA fights, and bringing the weight down. It started in the pre-season of football, just to keep fit, and I did really well.
Alexander Volkanovski /
Last Year
Mma
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As I get better competition, I guarantee that more finishes are gonna come, because I'll really get to use more of my skill, rather than me knowing that I'm so much better than the guy.
Alexander Volkanovski /
Finishes
Guarantee
Skill
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There are no excuses in fighting. You can be playing a team sport and have a good game, and you can lose. In fighting, it's all on me. If I go out there and lose, then it's my fault. I like that.
Alexander Volkanovski /
Good Game Me
Excuses
Team Sport
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Nothing but respect to all the fighters that are in the UFC, but every single one of us wants to prove something. And you know, eventually, I want to prove myself in that lightweight division too.
Alexander Volkanovski /
Ufc
Fighters
Lightweight
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Some people fight and stuff outside the cage, but I never liked that sort of thing. I just always wanted to do martial arts and I finally did it at 22 years old, so later in life, but it's all good.
Alexander Volkanovski /
Martial Arts
Life Good Always
Life Good Fight
Cage
Martial
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One of my biggest fan bases is probably Macedonians, they always get behind me. They're always hitting me up on Facebook speaking Macedonian to me which I don't understand, so I get my dad to translate it for me.
Alexander Volkanovski /
Bases
Hitting
Translate
Dad Always Me
Dad Me Always
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I won't say too much but Conor McGregor, he likes to set a lot of traps. But they're things I would never get caught up in. The guy isn't exactly known for his cardio either, so I'd crumble him. Make it look easy.
Alexander Volkanovski /
Cardio
Traps
Crumble
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You know, martial arts is all about respect and discipline and it's always been about that. But again, people are starting to forget that, people are missing that, and this is where I believe I can help and it's good for our sport.
Alexander Volkanovski /
Discipline
Martial Arts
Missing
Martial
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You know, people are always asking, 'What's your brand?' and, 'What are you all about?' Then you get other people saying, 'You need to do what Connor McGregor does.' But that's not me. That's not who I am. I'm not going to talk trash and build off the bad boy image.
Alexander Volkanovski /
Bad Boy
Trash
Always I Am Your
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I wrestled before rugby league so I always had a pretty good wrestling background, a good base, and that helped with my football. It just meant my balance was always so good; a strong core, good hips and just things like that just really played a factor in how I ran the ball and tackled.
Alexander Volkanovski /
Hips
Rugby
Good Always Football
Factor
Pretty Good
Tackled
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I could be sparring mates and you're meant to hit 'em, but we'll be sparring and usually I try and stop at the face, or I don't really try and follow through, but sometimes they walk into them and I say 'oh sorry mate.' They get angry and say 'we're sparring get into it,' but I dunno, I think I'm so used to saying sorry.
Alexander Volkanovski /
Follow Through
Sorry
Sparring
Mate
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I've always loved UFC. I watched it back since the days it wasn't big in Australia at all, and you had to watch a Blockbuster videos. They would always come like a year late, but I tried as many of the live ones I could or wait for the videos to come out. So, I've loved the sport for that long. I've always been into martial arts.
Alexander Volkanovski /
Blockbuster
Martial Arts
Ufc
Martial
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A lot of times we're being portrayed as thugs, but anyone who really knows us understand that we work hard, we diet hard, the commitment is full on. But alot of people don't see that. Some of the nicest and most respectful people I've ever met are in this sport. I truly believe that, and there's a lot of fighters that live by that.
Alexander Volkanovski /
Diet
Commitment
Respectful
Work Believe People
Alot
Full
Sport
Nicest
Fighters
Met
Portrayed
Thugs
Truly
Work Hard
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I made promises to myself and my family that I'd be in the UFC before my first daughter was born, that didn't happen. I was almost at breaking point a week before I got that contract, I was going to go back to concreting - that weekend I get my major sponsor, which was huge, and I end up getting my UFC contract the weekend after that.
Alexander Volkanovski /
Ufc
Breaking
Contract
Promises
Sponsor
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When Elkins came forward I was absolutely ecstatic. It's a massive fight. Realistically he doesn't need to take this fight, but he did - good on him. I've got a lot of respect for him, but I think this is a very dangerous fight for him. Again, he's a grinder, he wears people down, but I don't wear out, especially when I'm in good condition.
Alexander Volkanovski /
Respect
Ecstatic
Grinder
Massive
Good Fight People
Absolutely
Condition
Good Respect People
Fight
Forward
Wear
Realistically
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I just really like ground and pound. The way I do it, it looks like I'm just throwing bombs, but there's some technique to it too. I make sure I'm controlling the hips, palming his face to the ground, just little things like this that make sure that the ground and pound works and I'm not letting him tie me up to where I can't throw punches.
Alexander Volkanovski /
Bombs
Hips
Little Things
Looks
Technique
Controlling
Letting
Pound
Punches
Throw
Tie
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I played rugby league, I probably played for about 10 years I think, and I wrestled before then. I did about a year of wrestling, and I think I got a bit tired of the tights, so I started to play football with the mates. I used to be a front rower, the big guys up front. I used to be 97 kilograms, which is like 210 pounds, or something like that.
Alexander Volkanovski /
Big Guys
Mates
Rugby
Tights
About A Year
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