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I just have to make a thread to rub one out for the Great Alexander Volkanovski.
Did you see how elusive and swift his movement was? The dude is god damn 37 years old and could not be catched by a super athletic aggressive fighter who has that DAWG in him.
It's really fascinating, much much respect for Volk, everybody thought he was an old concussed man going to the slaughter house for the bald king emperor next desired star.
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People jump on the “[insert fighter] name is out of his prime after a loss”. Way to quickly, it’s outdated excuse from those PrideFC fan girls, that made it common place in today’s MMA landscape, When in reality Volkanovski clearly was still fighting at elite level in his losses to Makhachev and Topuria, he just loss to better fighters, lots of fighters of were discarded after a loss, Jose Aldo is a good example, he clearly still had it and was able to compete against elite comp in lower weight class, still was physically capable same as Volkanovski is at this current time. It’s just people are stuck with ways believing a fighter is shot after a few losses, instead accepting the better fighters won.
 
volcom5 said:
People jump on the “[insert fighter] name is out of his prime after a loss”. Way to quickly, it’s outdated excuse from those PrideFC fan girls, that made it common place in today’s MMA landscape, When in reality Volkanovski clearly was still fighting at elite level in his losses to Makhachev and Topuria, he just loss to better fighters, lots of fighters of were discarded after a loss, Jose Aldo is a good example, he clearly still had it and was able to compete against elite comp in lower weight class, still was physically capable same as Volkanovski is at this current time. It’s just people are stuck with ways believing a fighter is shot after a few losses, instead accepting the better fighters won.
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Islam isn't better, he's 1.5 weight classes bigger.
 
volcom5 said:
People jump on the “[insert fighter] name is out of his prime after a loss”. Way to quickly, it’s outdated excuse from those PrideFC fan girls, that made it common place in today’s MMA landscape, When in reality Volkanovski clearly was still fighting at elite level in his losses to Makhachev and Topuria, he just loss to better fighters, lots of fighters of were discarded after a loss, Jose Aldo is a good example, he clearly still had it and was able to compete against elite comp in lower weight class, still was physically capable same as Volkanovski is at this current time. It’s just people are stuck with ways believing a fighter is shot after a few losses, instead accepting the better fighters won.
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Brother, it's more the level that those fighters compete at later on. That's what people go on about.

Like, yeh, you're right, Aldo was still able to compete against elite fighters later on, but he was far from what he used to be. Like, his cardio seemed to fall right off after he beat Frankie the 2nd time. Ever since that, he just wasn't a an effective 5 round fighter against the elites anymore. Like, prime Aldo would have beaten Yan, not been competitive for a round or two then gassed and got thrashed and finished late.
 
xhaydenx said:
Brother, it's more the level that those fighters compete at later on. That's what people go on about.
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The level? I mean it’s not like Volkanovski or Aldo we’re losing to nobodies and clearly we’re still elite, Cro Cop was suddenly out of his prime less than a year removed from arguably the best he ever looked in his entire career, Fedor ducked the UFC and loss to fighters like Hendo and Werdum because he never adapted and fought stupid.
xhaydenx said:
Like, yeh, you're right, Aldo was still able to compete against elite fighters later on, but he was far from what he used to be. Like, his cardio seemed to fall right off after he beat Frankie the 2nd time. Ever since that, he just wasn't a an effective 5 round fighter against the elites anymore. Like, prime Aldo would have beaten Yan, not been competitive for a round or two then gassed and got thrashed and finished late.
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Aldo is just one example, there’s many more fighters who were considered “washed & out of their prime” off losses where they still looked great, fighters like Holloway considered washed going on 6years now, Gaethje supposedly washed, yet gave 2 young prospects the work, Poirier I believe still had a few more fights in him at the elite level, gave Makhachev all he could handle and beat St Denis who is looking everybit of a contender at the moment, fighters like Pantoja, Merab,Volkanovski, Makhachev along with the aforementioned fighters i named would’ve been considered “out of their primes” years ago, yet here they’re obliterating that outdated excuse. We’re seeing it in real time that modern day fighters are able to compete at later ages at the level, even after losses.
 
volcom5 said:
The level? I mean it’s not like Volkanovski or Aldo we’re losing to nobodies and clearly we’re still elite, Cro Cop was suddenly out of his prime less than a year removed from arguably the best he ever looked in his entire career, Fedor ducked the UFC and loss to fighters like Hendo and Werdum because he never adapted and fought stupid.

Aldo is just one example, there’s many more fighters who were considered “washed & out of their prime” off losses where they still looked great, fighters like Holloway considered washed going on 6years now, Gaethje supposedly washed, yet gave 2 young prospects the work, Poirier I believe still had a few more fights in him at the elite level, gave Makhachev all he could handle and beat St Denis who is looking everybit of a contender at the moment, fighters like Pantoja, Merab,Volkanovski, Makhachev along with the aforementioned fighters i named would’ve been considered “out of their primes” years ago, yet here they’re obliterating that outdated excuse. We’re seeing it in real time that modern day fighters are able to compete at later ages at the level, even after losses.
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yeh, no I get you. My point is that when it happens to one fighter, it seems to get thrown across a lot of fighters as some big blanket statement, whether it's true or not.
 
Ya man Volk still looks like he's in his prime. Many including myself thought that he was on the decline after the Islam fights & Ilia. But dude has bounced back & is looking as good as he did when he first became champion.
 
volcom5 said:
The level? I mean it’s not like Volkanovski or Aldo we’re losing to nobodies and clearly we’re still elite, Cro Cop was suddenly out of his prime less than a year removed from arguably the best he ever looked in his entire career, Fedor ducked the UFC and loss to fighters like Hendo and Werdum because he never adapted and fought stupid.

Aldo is just one example, there’s many more fighters who were considered “washed & out of their prime” off losses where they still looked great, fighters like Holloway considered washed going on 6years now, Gaethje supposedly washed, yet gave 2 young prospects the work, Poirier I believe still had a few more fights in him at the elite level, gave Makhachev all he could handle and beat St Denis who is looking everybit of a contender at the moment, fighters like Pantoja, Merab,Volkanovski, Makhachev along with the aforementioned fighters i named would’ve been considered “out of their primes” years ago, yet here they’re obliterating that outdated excuse. We’re seeing it in real time that modern day fighters are able to compete at later ages at the level, even after losses.
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You’re so clueless lol, still winning fights doesn’t mean a fighter isn’t washed, it just means they’re still able to win X fight at the level they’re at, at that moment

The example I always think of is Ferguson, he was looking washed against Cerrone and Pettis, he just won because they were more washed than him… yet everyone still thinks Tony was broken by Gaethje because that was the first loss

If you’re as good as someone like Aldo or Volk, even a 30% diminished version of you can compete or even beat top guys… that doesn’t mean they aren’t diminished
 
KO Shotz said:
Ya man Volk still looks like he's in his prime. Many including myself thought that he was on the decline after the Islam fights & Ilia. But dude has bounced back & is looking as good as he did when he first became champion.
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You have no eye for the sport if you look at Volk and think he’s the same guy he was when he first became champ
 
Yeah I thought Volk looked a lot more evasive and nimble this fight than the 1st fight with Lopes. That layoff+coming off 2 KO losses really does things to fighters. His confidence was back last night and it showed.
 
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