Conditions were stacked in Volkanovski's favor from home court advantage to less time to rehydrate for Makhachev. Volkanovski is 34 and may be nearing the end of his prime, while Makhachev is 31 and in the middle of his prime. Volkanovski will never have a better opportunity to defeat Makhachev...
Yes, moral victory and all that nonsense by finishing on top of Makhachev but Volk had Makhachev wobbled and gassed with a minute left in the 5th and had a shot of ko'ing him if he had kept it standing.
A lot of these guys had shitty upbringings and did crimes and joined gangs as juveniles like Edwards, Poirier, Woodley. It's amazing they turned their lives around and became good people.
The good guys of MMA:
GSP
Demetrious Johnson
Alex Volkanovski
Francis Ngannou
Bobby Knuckles
Max Holloway
Stipe Miocic
Henry Cejudo
Charles Oliveira
Dustin Poirier
Leon Edwards
Brandon Moreno
Alex Pereira
Tyron Woodley
RDA
Frankie Edgar
Eddie Alvarez
Anthony Pettis
Forrest Griffin
Matt Serra...
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