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His ground game is very good from a defensive perspective. From what I understand he is a purple belt at Alliance and has a great BJJ camp in Russia at Strela BJJ.
His long legs help him a lot and you could see even Werdum was surprised at how hard it was to pass his guard. Even when Werdum passed his guard, Volkov did a really good job of recovering his guard and I think that got Werdum way more tired than he ever expected to be.
Even when Werdum was trying to play the half guard sweep and roll under game Volkov did a good job of flowing with it and ending up on top. Id say hes a good purple belt with a great frame for grappling and good mix of youth, hunger and athleticism to fight for every inch.
Overall I was impressed.
His long legs help him a lot and you could see even Werdum was surprised at how hard it was to pass his guard. Even when Werdum passed his guard, Volkov did a really good job of recovering his guard and I think that got Werdum way more tired than he ever expected to be.
Even when Werdum was trying to play the half guard sweep and roll under game Volkov did a good job of flowing with it and ending up on top. Id say hes a good purple belt with a great frame for grappling and good mix of youth, hunger and athleticism to fight for every inch.
Overall I was impressed.