UFN 115 - Struve vs Volkov - Netherlands

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I was hoping to fight in the summer, have school off, but there was no girls in the top 10, as soon as I'm done fighting I have to go back to work, I got promised by UFC, that next two will be in the States, trained with Muay Thai guy same height reach of GDR, same gym MMA Gold, I don't think it will go all three rounds, I was training all summer, also did some training with Cyborg and Aspen Ladd

 
Kind of liking the Taisumov/Silva u1.5 and Silva as the underdog. Silva's left the first round once, and I feel like it's going to be a 4 minute action fight. Taisumov's striking defense isn't impeccable by any means.
 
great training at elevation in Colorado, I fight smart, I have more experience now, last win was best moment in my career, he's confident and arrogant, I will do my best to defeat him, I know they have good game at his gym, I think I can handle his striking, i can trade, but this is MMA, I want to take him down, let's see his ground game, I like to compete, I want to outwork you, beat him in every aspect

 
Great to fight again so close, I've switched to an mma stance, I'm very intelligent, always had a great left hand, left kick, no one is pushing me, last fight never got out of first gear, bad weight cut last camp, I had to lose weight the day of my fight, had to train the day of my fight, never had to do that before, Now my weight is 100%, no one will be able to take me down, on the feet he won't touch me, I can keep it standing and put him away, I'm too good for him, he'll be hitting air, I love fighting southpaws, I work so hard in the gym, pushing to the limits, I can put him away I know for a fact, he'll try to take my down, I can wrestle, I can take him down, he's like a B class muay thai fighter, like he's just starting out, people haven't seen my wrestling

 
Anyone else really big time into Volkov here?
Really really don't see Struve dealing with him at all
 
Went to Florida for last 5 weeks, best training there, being at home with family takes away from the jitters, I need to finish him, at some point he'll break, my main sparring partner is 6.9', he had to fly in people, I took care of my shoulder before going to Florida, the surgery, I'm lighter than I have been the last two fights, ready to put him away

 
Very excited, first time here, Semmy Schilt helped me alot, he was Moscow, we sparred, he helped me as a coach, very good preparation, he brought in alot of tall fighters, he has alot of holes, I'm less defense, more attack, better for me, I'm better him than all aspects

 
slowly but surely catching up on all these new guys saturday... rakic is pretty impressive. long dude for 205, really good striking.. he's definitely unproven cardio wise and grappling wise, so maybe barroso could exploit those two areas (simultaneously?) but i think rakic might ko him. i think i like this -132. dude can bang. barroso is definitely capable of laying an egg... if it stays standing and at range, rakic probably tees off on him... (again, "if")
 
Did my entire camp in Rotterdam, 4-5 months, great to be back home, 19 fights in Holland, honored to be here, he has a big test when he faces me

 
I like the pressure, I like fighting, I was just coming back from an injury, just started training when I got the call, 4 weeks is enough, he'll try to keep it standing, weight is fine

 
DarkneT said:
Anyone else really big time into Volkov here?
Really really don't see Struve dealing with him at all
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not bigtime, but yes. i'm on volkov. simply put: i think he keeps it standing.

struve still has no clue how to use reach edge
 
I train BJJ 6 days of the week, so I'm prepared for the ground

 
I couldn't sleep last night (time difference) hopefully I will be back to normal on Sat, my nerves will come hopefully give a great fight, I will be using my BJJ, I will using my BJJ better than her, octagon jitters are real, I will just go do my job

 
Weight cut is good, my hometown, my last 3 fights in Europe, going for top 10/top15, I will put him away, also grappling he has nothing for me, so I can take him down all day

 
There is a lot of "I'll try" and "do my best" in Bojan's interviews, whereas Till is just a savage. In one interview he stated he doesn't mind being away from his kids, because training is the most important thing or something to that affect. Wierd mindset for sure, but I like it when my money is on him lol.
 
EzFlyer said:
not bigtime, but yes. i'm on volkov. simply put: i think he keeps it standing.

struve still has no clue how to use reach edge
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My only question is if it goes deep, Struve can take a pretty good beating and keep coming
Home town cooking needs to be looked out for
 
Had two flights, I feel great, training with alot of wrestlers, I'll be in his face, let's see what happens

 
DarkneT said:
My only question is if it goes deep, Struve can take a pretty good beating and keep coming
Home town cooking needs to be looked out for
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Volkov has gone deep a lot.. I wouldn't worry about his cardio much

I agree about home cooking, however.
 
Main training partner is 6'9, a tall guy will give me more openings, he's ranked 7, I will show those rankings as bullshit, alot of people would have given up but I've kept going, a win could put me up for a title shot

 
Continue with my wins, trained with tall fighters and Schilt, it went perfect, Alot of russians are coming to watch, better in every moment, better striking, I have subs as well, I am better

 
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