Media Volk Emotional on ‘Need to keep busy’ driving him to take fights

[Pequeño Corey]

stfu loser

Chill. It’s a quote from Sopranos when Johnny Sac cried at his daughter’s wedding as the feds hauled him away.

 

[Russ82]

Weak as fuck

Gets depressed when he doesn't have fight booked...guy doesn't have to work, could travel anywhere, spend all day with his family. Doesn't have to work. Get some hobbies mate, jesus christ

 

[Neck&Neck]

He has a “Cry Bonus” from his sponsors if he sheds some tears

 

[josh345]

My estimation of Alexander Volkanovski as a man just fucking plummeted

Sarcasm? I literally can't tell haha

 

[Prick_Flair]

Geez mister are you alright ?!<45>

 

[colorles]

Weak men are afraid of emotions.

"I want you to know that crying doesn't mean that you're weak. It actually means that you've been strong for so long "

lol

Weak men are afraid of emotions.

 

[colorles]

crying is female behavior. crying means you do not have your thoughts and emotions under control

it is never a good thing

 

[Arm Barbarian]

crying is female behavior. crying means you do not have your thoughts and emotions under control

it is never a good thing

You tell em bro.

Volk can learn a thing or two from your ultra disciplined machoness.

 

[colorles]

Weak as fuck

Gets depressed when he doesn't have fight booked...guy doesn't have to work, could travel anywhere, spend all day with his family. Doesn't have to work. Get some hobbies mate, jesus christ

this

men all over the world have much tougher lives and go forward every day. i understand that mental health issues and addictions can affect anybody...but still it is not a good look

 

[RayA]

For a 35 year old champion of the low weight classes, it really is more tye beginning of the end.

 

[xhaydenx]

this

men all over the world have much tougher lives and go forward every day. i understand that mental health issues and addictions can affect anybody...but still it is not a good look

Can't tell if you're serious about all this stuff you're posting or not.

If you are serious then that is a seriously limited dumb cunt brain you got there lol.

 

[colorles]

You tell em bro.

Volk can learn a thing or two from your ultra disciplined machoness.

yeah, he could. the neural pathways of the brain can really lead some men astray if left to their own devices

really, all men boil down to is hunt, eat, fight, fuck, shit, and sleep. the modern world and it's strange combination of abundances and scarcities can wreck havok on brains that are only really attuned to those things i just listed

 

[Paul E Gensinger]

His kids would also see him beating the shit out of 99% of the planet.

He's allowed to cry.

But dumb ass decision taking this fight on short notice.

You
Ain't
Never
Lying

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

Spoiler: Fellas I quoted

Some of y’all are so fucking soft.

I’m all for mental health awareness but what other indication do you even have for this? Even if that were true a man has to work and work is often therapy. Especially when talking about man like Volk. He’s out here having a high profile fighting career and he seems to absolutely enjoy that shit. Sure he got head kicked but he just wants to keep going and is indicating he feels fine after getting knocked out. Medical examination will decide if he’s fit to fight.

he’s not depressed, he’s a fucking competitor.

Feeling depressed and having a depression are two very different things.

Dude just went 2-0 in his rivalry losing a title fight by a head kick while being an absolute competitor, so I’m sure Volkanovski is in a completely clear state of mind when he’s announcing how he feels mentally.

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This is why family, your wife and kids, mom, dad, sibs are always more important in life than profesisonal / business career / college / social status / endless pursue of something someone else defined as "success", etc. Also having more than one occupation in life. Westerners are struggling with mental health, the pace of professional life is killing them and they are not capable of regulating it. Lmao

Using competition as a distraction from depression is an incredibly common symptom in men. The exact way that Volk described how he feels, how his head is done in when he isn't in camp or preparing for a fight; if he said that to a psychiatrist, they would immediately be under the assumption that he was was outwardly exhibiting symptoms of a chronic depressive condition. Would they immediately diagnose him? Of course not, but that would 100% be a focal point of their diagnoses, or at the very least, a path to one.
There have been multiple studies on the use of competitive behavior as a way to battle against internalized feelings of inferiority.
This ties in to one of a few leading theories on the reasons for depressions existence, Rank Theory of Depression, which was put forth by Anthony Stevens in Evolutionary Psychiatry: A New Beginning, 2000.
Rank Theory proposes that depression promotes the survival of genes, an adaptive response to losing status (rank) and losing confidence in the ability to regain it. The adaptive function of the depression is to change behaviour to promote survival for someone who has been defeated. According to rank theory, depression was naturally selected to allow us to accept a subordinate role. The function of this depressive adaptation is to prevent the loser from suffering further defeat in a conflict.
To further build on that, at a conference I attended a long time ago, I listened to a theory from a Rank Theorist that the most hyper competitive among us, the people like Volkanovski or Jon Jones or GSPs, or his actual examples like Michael Jordan or Gary Kasparov were in all likelihood among the most depressed people on the planet that simply had a genetic malfunction that caused them to constantly fight or persevere (restoration of rank, winning) instead of accepting defeat. In a way, that hyper competitive perseverance is the exact opposite of a survival instinct, it is in fact a self destructive one, the opposite force of what biologically makes sense, yielding and giving up to live another day (this is called Involuntary Defeat Strategy, IDS).
I don't know whether you're right or wrong about Volk, only he knows that, but this would not be a new development or theory about people that are in GOAT discussions from any walks of life.
Sorry for the blog post, I just feel like depression is still a horrifically misunderstood mental condition, and especially for men, there is a certain stigma around it.
To any Sherbros that read this and feel down, it's a normal part of your brain chemistry that each and every one of us will deal with at one point or another. You're never alone, and temporary problems never require permanent solutions. 100% of bridge jumpers that survive tell psychiatrists and hospital staff that the very moment they left the ledge, they regretted it. That is because it's there as a survival mechanism left over from our Lower Paleolithic days where an argument over berries would lead to your head being bashed in with a rock.
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Stay classy, Sherdog.

 

[colorles]

You
Ain't
Never
Lying

grown men are now allowed to cry in 2023.

imagine my dad or grandfather - both war veterans - openly and publicly crying after a set back...

they would both have beaten my ass to this day if i cried like a women in public. i wasn;t even allowed to show those emotions at home. made a man out of me

 

[Cooliox]

Come on, your kids are gonna see that.

GOOD

His kids should know that it is ok for a man to express his feelings.

It's ok to feel bad, to feel sad... you did your best. The odds were against you.

Cry it out, pick yourself up... put in the work... and try your best again.



Volk is the #1 P4P fighter on the planet for a reason

 

[colorles]

GOOD

His kids should know that it is ok for a man to express his feelings.

It's ok to feel bad, to feel sad... you did your best. The odds were against you.

Cry it out, pick yourself up... put in the work... and try your best again.



Volk is the #1 P4P fighter on the planet for a reason

grown men are now allowed to cry in 2023.

imagine my dad or grandfather - both war veterans - openly and publicly crying after a set back...

they would both have beaten my ass to this day if i cried like a women in public. i wasn;t even allowed to show those emotions at home. made a man out of me

i can say that i respect Volkanovski talents and accomplishments as a fighter, while still saying it is a bad look and in poor taste to be crying like a women after a set back

 

[Mammothman]

It was a crushing defeat, I can't blame him

 

[josh345]

That was hard to watch him losing today. He's become one of my fav fighters. Hope he kicks some more ass at fw and becomes the goat at fw.(he's close) I think his chin could still be fine. He's only been finished once right?

 

[Mike]

Weak as fuck

Gets depressed when he doesn't have fight booked...guy doesn't have to work, could travel anywhere, spend all day with his family. Doesn't have to work. Get some hobbies mate, jesus christ

That isn't how mental health works. Negative emotions don't just go away because they aren't logical.