News Volkanovski's coach implies that 'Topuria got lucky'

Yes, training and preparation are luck. Jamahal Hill said Ilia showed him that exact combination before the fight. That was drilled and the moment allowed him to capitalize off that. The entire first round felt like Volk was swimming with a shark. Ilia wants Sean, Conor or Max. Volk's coach is instigating and needs to get under Ilia skin for rematch. This hyperbole, simply marketing.
 
tritestill said:
Yes, training and preparation are luck. Jamahal Hill said Ilia showed him that exact combination before the fight. That was drilled and the moment allowed him to capitalize off that. The entire first round felt like Volk was swimming with a shark. Ilia wants Sean, Conor or Max. Volk's coach is instigating and needs to get under Ilia skin for rematch. This hyperbole, simply marketing.
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Nailed in the first reply
 
To be fair, Volk was clearly winning the fight up until that point. Won the first round on all three judges cards and comfortably outstriking him in the second... still shit happens, it's MMA.

/shrugs

Cue the triggering.
 
tritestill said:
The entire first round felt like Volk was swimming with a shark.
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Yep. Even though he technically won the first round, it seemed like Volk was fighting scared and was showing big reactions from Illia's combos. I remember telling the boys that it was only a matter of time until Volk gets put away.
 
I think Volk can beat him in a rematch and maybe he did catch Volk on a bad night but it was so predictable he was gonna catch Volk at some point in the fight because Volk looked like he didn’t respect his power and looked off, and as soon as he exploded and followed with a combination he put him out.
 
Lights Out 101 said:
Yep. Even though he technically won the first round, it seemed like Volk was fighting scared and was showing big reactions from Illia's combos. I remember telling the boys that it was only a matter of time until Volk gets put away.
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No the problem was Volk wasn’t respecting his power enough. He had his chin in the air so I knew at some point he’d get clipped
 
Contempt said:
To be fair, Volk was clearly winning the fight up until that point. Won the first round on all three judges cards and comfortably outstriking him in the second... still shit happens, it's MMA.

/shrugs

Cue the triggering.
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There’s no triggering, just misunderstanding on your part:

Volk was point fighting with busy work to keep Topuria off of him while Topuria went in there with the sole intention of finishing Volk. He took the time he needed to get his reads on Volk, walked him down, and eventually knocked him out like he said he would.

Volk was playing checkers, Topuria was playing chess.
 
Volk's coach just has no answer and doesn't understand Top's skill level.

Well, he is old and does not look healthy. Looks like lots of alcohol. His pad work ain't great either.
 
You know your career is over when you've run out of excuses and all your coaches have to offer is bad luck.
 
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