LAS VEGAS — Alex Volkanovski is the epitome of what we expect a fighter to be in 2023.
“I've got a lot of goals ahead but hey, the sky's the limit,” Volkanovski said after stopping Rodriguez at 4:19 of the third round after pummeling him for the first two.
All three have the prototypical long, lean fighter’s body. Volkanovski is 5-6, shorter than most guys he fights, and not the quickest or most nimble guy in the world. You have to have the patience and toughness to tolerate an incredible amount of pain, everyone wanting a piece of you or a minute of your time, and the toughest guys in the world saying nasty things about you.
That he is, but he’s also one of the smartest and classiest men in the sport. He was given the opportunity to toot his own horn on Saturday when he was asked if it was fair to say he’d surpassed Jose Aldo as the greatest featherweight in UFC history.“The man just got in the Hall of Fame,” Volkanovski said. “I’m not trying to take that from him. I’ll let everyone else decide.”
“It’s my passion for the sport, my mindset,” Volkanovski said of what allows him to stay on top. “I don’t need to be motivated. It’s discipline. You hear people talk about doing all this fancy s*** to get motivated. I don’t need that, because I’ve got discipline and I’m going to turn up every day.”
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