Alexander Volkanovski does NOT have a 71" reach

[Dr. Rose]

Well if Mendes is 5'5 and Aldo and Hiruta are 5'7, I feel like it's safe to say Volk is 5'6. Also these pictures were where neither guy was wearing shoes which can fluctuate things by fractions of inches very often. Dowagers hump is terrifying, all the fucking fiddling on the phone and working at a desk on a computer has to be wrecking us.

Yeah, I think I started getting a small hump from wrestling. Keeping your head down, etc. But I think it is getting worse since I got a desk job.

 

[Coconutwater]

Volkanovski is one of my favorite fighters and I want him to beat Islam. However, that does not change the fact that the dude does NOT have any kind of reach advantage over Islam.

UFC gets measurements wrong all the time. Just based on appearance alone its obvious that his arms aren't long, or really even normal—they're short. He has short arms. Check the other promotions he fought in, none of them have his reach at over 70 inches. AFC has his reach listed as 164 cm, which is 64.5 inches.

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Still don't believe me? Compare Volkanovski's arms:

to those of Artem Lobov:

Volkanovski's arms do NOT appear 5 inches longer.

This has nothing to do with his fighting ability. If anything, it is more impressive that he ran through the FW division with T-Rex arms.

Just like Conor being listed as 5’9” or whatever. They add 1.5 inches to every fighter…. It’s so obvious.

 

[HuskySamoan]

Yeah, I think I started getting a small hump from wrestling. Keeping your head down, etc. But I think it is getting worse since I got a desk job.

Lifting helps a lot to tighten up your back and force better posture. But even boxing and kickboxing you round your back and bit and tuck your chin all the time...it isn't great, I've been noticing it a bit too and I hate it. Time to do Yoga.

 

[achoo42]

The point of that stat isn't that Volk has a reach advantage over Islam. It's that the size gap between Islam and Volk isn't any more insurmountable than it was with Max and that this shouldn't be a reason to doubt Volk.

No one's looking at Volks recorded half an inch reach advantage and acting like it's a game changer. If Islam has half an inch reach advantage the principle is the same.

I don't think anyone is worried about Volk not being able to stand with Islam. I firmly believe that Volk is the best P4P striker in the UFC right now. Basically his only door to victory is standing with Islam and outpointing him.

People are worried that Islam's size and strength advantage are going to be too much on the ground

 

[Kung Fu Kowboy]

Short and Stocky... Perfect for 145, Now 155 he is fighting a dude that could be big at 170.

 

[Legendary]

Dunno why, if their fingers are supposed to be tucked in, generally, pokes are no go.

Arm pit to closed fist would be better.

And yeah, it Volk's stats are probably pretty useless.

Eye tests obviously aren't the best, there's posture and shoes, but there's still no way in hell there's only 4 inches of height difference there.

If Islam is a true 5'10 then Volk looks 5'5 here.

 

[Dr. Rose]

Lifting helps a lot to tighten up your back and force better posture. But even boxing and kickboxing you round your back and bit and tuck your chin all the time...it isn't great, I've been noticing it a bit too and I hate it. Time to do Yoga.

Yeah, you can see it someone like Bas or even Ruas, even in their prime. I used to take a small one as a badge of honor, but now every fat ass has one so it is no longer a sign of a warrior (but I guess we still have cauliflower ears)

I have explored some corrective braces (Not try, yet, just reading about them lol), but my god, they look like man-bras for moobs. Making the computer screen more eye level seems to be a common consensus for prevention too. Anyways, hot yoga does seem like it might be the best remedy.

 

[Bearknuckle]

Reach is inaccurate. Sometimes your blood isnt flowing so it doesnt get fully erect.

 

[BigDramaShow26]

He has wide shoulders.

 

[HuskySamoan]

Yeah, you can see it someone like Bas or even Ruas, even in their prime. I used to take a small one as a badge of honor, but now every fat ass has one so it is no longer a sign of a warrior (but I guess we still have cauliflower ears)

I have explored some corrective braces (Not try, yet, just reading about them lol), but my god, they look like man-bras for moobs. Making the computer screen more eye level seems to be a common consensus for prevention too. Anyways, hot yoga does seem like it might be the best remedy.

Lifting and some proper stretching and just being mindful of it with keeping PCs eye level, reducing phone time and bringing the food to you when you eat it like in east Asian culture all helps. We are evolving to have this fucking hump and forward shoulders at this rate though.

 

[CodyMckenziesPrime]

Volkanovski is one of my favorite fighters and I want him to beat Islam. However, that does not change the fact that the dude does NOT have any kind of reach advantage over Islam.

UFC gets measurements wrong all the time. Just based on appearance alone its obvious that his arms aren't long, or really even normal—they're short. He has short arms. Check the other promotions he fought in, none of them have his reach at over 70 inches. AFC has his reach listed as 164 cm, which is 64.5 inches.

View attachment 967402

Still don't believe me? Compare Volkanovski's arms:

to those of Artem Lobov:

Volkanovski's arms do NOT appear 5 inches longer.

This has nothing to do with his fighting ability. If anything, it is more impressive that he ran through the FW division with T-Rex arms.

Maybe you’re right but you probably used Artemis most flattering picture as well as Volks least flattering

 

[Mackenzie Dern's Accent]

Relax bro, Volk is just cutting reach.

 

[Harlekin]

Relax bro, Volk is just cutting reach.

Going up a weightclass he really shouldn't cut reach. <45>a little height cutting and he is right there at 155

 

[achoo42]

In all the interviews for Countdown, submission radio, etc Volk's own coaches and Volk himself cite his "longer reach" as does Javier Mendez.

#nothingboorger

Volk says the 71 inch reach "is a lie."

 

[BroScienceTalkatWork]

No. The difference between a particularly wide person and a narrow narrow person it's actually no more than about a inch. That's not enough to explain his visibly short arms.

Simply an insane thing to assert

 

[Fight Professor]

Some of those stats are a joke. Max is supposed to have a 69" reach. They gave Gus ridiculously short reach as well for his height.