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he is small , thats his biggest weakness
I've said this in a few threads, but I listen to a podcast from some french/belgian former MMA coaches, and one of them knows Ilia's coach, and he said that ilia's gym didn't teach kicks....at all, so the defense and the offense there is lacking. That said, this was at least a year or two ago that I heard this and I like to think that Ilia has cross trained or brought some guys in to help him deal with kicks.
His stance is obviously absolutely horrible for dealing with leg kicks, though, so I do think that volk will have a field day there. Volk was landing like 50 leg kicks on a guy like Aldo of all people, so just a camp or two isn't going to help you much when it comes to stopping volk's kicking game.
Who knows? Maybe he was training at a boxing gym primarily? No need for kicking training in those gyms obviously. Who knows if any of that is accurate either.I love how you hear things about professional gyms like this in MMA. "Oh, this gym? We don't really train defending or throwing kicks" and with wrestling you hear it a lot "this gym has no wrestling coach, no classes and no wrestlers that train here". My question is what stupid fucking head coach or even amateur or pro fighter does not realize how terrible this is formatively? Holy shit.
Will Volk be too drunk to study tape on Ilia though, is the question?
His biggest weakness is his mouth.
Man talks up a big game bordering on delusion.
It’s what I don’t understand from the people saying topuria is going to beat down Volk. Unless they think volk is shop worn, slow and weak chinned now, how in the world could you be so sure ilia is going to beat Volk at fw? Or anyone at fw beating Volk for that matter? I don’t think he is out of his prime and his fight iq combined with his experience and skills and elite level he has proven over and over again about being able to adjust during the fight, I don’t see him losing this. I think the way it plays out is topuria loads up on big shots trying to put Volk out in rounds 1/2 and then gets pieces up the final 3 rounds. I think Volk might get hurt once or twice early but essentially out strike Topuria the whole fight. It goes to a UD win for Volk. Tell me there is any more of a realistic difference in outcome.
My old coach used to refuse to drill scrambles and wrestling. You did grappling or you did striking. He couldn't understand why his guys were getting outworked and outwrestled.I've said this in a few threads, but I listen to a podcast from some french/belgian former MMA coaches, and one of them knows Ilia's coach, and he said that ilia's gym didn't teach kicks....at all, so the defense and the offense there is lacking. That said, this was at least a year or two ago that I heard this and I like to think that Ilia has cross trained or brought some guys in to help him deal with kicks.
His stance is obviously absolutely horrible for dealing with leg kicks, though, so I do think that volk will have a field day there. Volk was landing like 50 leg kicks on a guy like Aldo of all people, so just a camp or two isn't going to help you much when it comes to stopping volk's kicking game.
My old coach used to refuse to drill scrambles and wrestling. You did grappling or you did striking. He couldn't understand why his guys were getting outworked and outwrestled.
Nice poemNo doubt Volk will use leg kicks to soften up this guy. Volk really wants to
humble and teach him a lesson after all of the trash he talked. Volk has
always been respectful - he carries himself as a true champion.
I've been high on him for a while, but it feels like he's hitting his ceiling.Yeah, and spain isn't exactly the mecca of MMA, so I wouldn't be surprised if what that french coach said was true, at least for a decent portion of ilia's career. I like to think it has changed for him in recent years, though. I don't see how it couldn't lol, but I do still think he's behind in the kicking game, both offensively and defensively.