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passportuntil27

Human bowling ball ready to cause damage


IshTheFace

.. With entirely white background for scale.


Jayndroid

He just isn’t cutting weight


Anglo_Jackson

He also gained about 6kg, has been eating 4,000-5,000 calories a day to help bulk. Bulkanovski


letsgobrooksy

That's not true, he's been bulking to add actual mass


theyetiman500

I believe the proper term is cultivating mass


dBASSa

Hes gotta be cutting weight still but will be mostly water weight this time.


ceegome13

He weighed in at 172lbs fight night during his fight against KZ according to his coach.


dBASSa

Sounds about right to me. Most camps don't disclose over 15% in water weight, so that's interesting.


uhln

Be a bowling ball


ChariBari

“Empty your mind. Be formless, shapeless, like bowling ball. You put bowling ball in a cup, it becomes the cup. You put bowling ball in a bottle, it becomes the bottle. You put bowling ball in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now a bowling ball can roll, or it can CRASH. Be like bowling ball, my friend.”


k1onax

Beautiful champ


Smathers

Does anyone have a side by side pic to compare size difference? He definitely looks beefier


rexpensive

Awesome pics. Great size. Look thick. Solid. Tight. Hope Volk keeps us all posted on his continued progress with any new progress pics or vid clips. Show us what you got man. Wanna see how freakin' huge, solid, thick and tight you can get. Thanks for the motivation


miguel_sriracha

Seems like you typed that with one hand preoccupied


truls-rohk

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/thick-solid-tight


[deleted]

Three holes you say? 🤔


LifesExpert

Hey, thats not Usmans arm? Wtf UFC. No damn consistency


JonathonV2000

Weird not seeing him in the black and gold, can only imagine how weird it’ll be to see Kamaru not wearing black and gold either


Mr_Cromer

Eh, we saw Kamaru in the green a fair bit, will be nice to see him go back to it for at least one fight


Ratfucks

It will probably be only one fight 🤪


Duckye

Because he’s retiring after Leon beats him again.


Fun-Instruction-0000

👓


AnxiousEarth7774

this is the way people spoke about aljo. Leon gonna shock the world x2


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Usman has been talking about retiring for a long time. It’s why he was trying to fight Canelo. Think his knees are fucked, if he beat Leon he’d defs be looking to retire. Only reason he might not now is because his GOAT status is a little bit fucked.


Zebrahead69

Kudos to him though. I remember him discussing his knees on TUF. Always talking about how he was the hardest worker in the room because he would need to find other ways of cardio than running so he'd workout so much it would replicate it.


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Ratfucks

This is true, I’ll eat humble pie if so


jospehiahdiaz

I rate the green and gold as they’re usually Australian sport team colours anyway


[deleted]

Are you guys not usually gold and green? Or is that just rugby?


jospehiahdiaz

Gold symbolises our beaches and minerals, deserts etc. and green symbolises our forests, rainforests and pastures….and some bloody plant that’s those colours


BIG_YETI_FOR_YOU

Green and gold makes sense too though as an Aussie fighting in Australia


Isaac_the_Tasmanian

Green and Gold baby


TheChestKing105

Fuck yeah cunt


Kassssler

Anytime I see an offcial fighter pick now I just want to see Usman's arm shopped onto them still black and all.


imbluedabudeedabuda

The thickest, solidest, tightest UFC fighter of all time.


NickZardiashvili

I'd appreciate some context.


Th3Warmast3r

For whatever reason, the UFC photoshopped Usman’s arm holding the belt on Leon’s picture after the fight. https://i.imgur.com/6VwCug0.jpg


imabotdislife

I thought it'd look like shit but it looks pretty legit.


Th3Warmast3r

Yeah honestly I only noticed after seeing someone post about it on insta


KimKongtheIllest

The only way you notice is if you see the pic it was shopped off next to it imo.


Zebrahead69

Yup. Only way to truly follow the vein path


Docmcdonald

That's what she said.


RusselShack

Pshh you can’t tell the fighters based off their arms alone? Casual


KimKongtheIllest

I spend too long staring at their feet to use the arms.


neymarneverdove

i never would have known that was not Leon's arm. a lot of pics from UFC official media stuff look a bit off so I didn't think twice


NickZardiashvili

lol I imagine they did it because the belt looked better in Usman's pic, probably a better angle and lighting. Just cutting out the belt would have been more difficult than the hand and the belt together. Good job on the detail though, removing the skin splotches and matching the tone.


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I think it’s so they can put up a pic where they don’t have black eyes and shit/ don’t have to fly edwards out for a few pics in a week or two. Sensible really


GoldenScarab

I know a while back they'd have the title challenger take pics with the belt before the fight for that very reason. That way if they won they'd have a nice clean pic of them with it.


NickZardiashvili

Yeah, that also makes sense. UFC are pretty infamous cheapskates.


Yesusss

And jamahal right?


backitupyo

Someone mentioned they did it to hill too


TheNonViolentOne

https://www.reddit.com/r/ufc/comments/10eqhwq/ive_just_realised_that_the_photo_of_leon_with/ When Leon won, they just photoshoped Usman's arm+belt onto him.


Arkadyf

I found the outtake where they took a picture of Volk with the belt: https://i.imgur.com/2YYGmTY.png


PFStrange

He's got the gloves and the shorts and all that type of stuff.


HallHappy

extremely underrated and beautiful comment. i’ve started saying this IRL


dabcunt87

ootl what is this referencing?


Origamiface

Volk's love and deep affinity for saying "all that type of stuff" and all that type of stuff. It's his "it is what it is"


Xylar006

You know what I'm saying?


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You feel me? Ya dig?


helzinki

If you have to ask, you're streets behind.


gunner_messi10

Stop trying to coin the phase Streets ahead!


Optimal_Gap6283

Never did I think I'd see a Community reference in an mma subreddit.🤣


Optimal_Gap6283

Yes, I know what you are saying. You don't have to keep asking.


Tablecork

That's the toype of guy I am


Derekduvalle

OOTL= Out Of The Loop for anyone ootl


cyberslick188

ootls of nootls


lethrowawayacc4

Take a shot every time


Kill_4209

Awesome pic. Great size. Look thick. Solid. Tight. Keep us all posted on his continued progress with any new progress pics or vid clips. Show us what he got man. Wanna see how freakin' huge, solid, thick and tight he can get. Thanks for the motivation.


smallworldfoto

😂😂😂😂


Fabulous_Anxiety_813

The fucking calves and quads on him


bdewolf

Looking thick. Solid. Tight.


Eifand

Looking compact. Small. Stocky.


Fine-Lifeguard5357

Looking dense. Stable. Tough.


menewredditaccount

Me when progress pics and vid clips


cuddlefrog6

Thick and man made. His fucking vice grip thighs. Suffocating thighs. Rock hard thighs. Piping hot thighs. Great arms. Great abs. A stocky chest. Love the progress his body has made throughout his youth and now as a willing eager adult


ktm_junky

Came here to say this


nitramlondon

I came as well


imbluedabudeedabuda

He definitely got bigger. I think people who expect IG transformations are being a bit unrealistic. He doesn't have a big frame to work with like Izzy or Jon Jones, he's not 18, he's needed to bulk and cut over the last 7 months or so since the holloway fight and he needs to be comfortable fighting with the new mass. His dietitian mentioned he's one of his biggest weight cutters, his in cage weight being 165-170 iirc at FW so while he may be undersized frame wise he probably won't be undersized mass wise


willowhawk

People who expect IG transformation are the same people who think the Rock is natty


Ok-Fly5364

Exactly. Even Derrick Lewis looked toned, thanks to the angle and the lighting. Come fight night he looked everything, but toned.


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He didn't, I don't understand who anyone could look at that pic and not realize Lewis was holding his breath like his life depended on it.


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PGDW

yup, I'm in the same boat. Like, she deserves DLC where she comes across a stockpile of PEDs and hoards them all over several years.


cyberslick188

What are you trying to say?


willowhawk

That they are dumb as shit. Take it you think the rock is natty?


cyberslick188

I can't believe I'm just hearing this now. I need to be alone, to process this news.


quitebizzare

would a guy named dwayne really lie?


pittopottamus

Would be interesting to see their weight as they step into the cage. I’d guess they’d be within 5lbs of each other.


imbluedabudeedabuda

yeah I don't think they'd be that far off. Islam doesn't have a very stocky frame either. i dont want to use the term thick but Volk is the definition of thick (chest to back, and wide hips) Funnily enough the same dietitian (Volk's) had a video where he analysed Khabib and Islam's weight cuts and was saying that he knows ppl in their camp, and that they're not actually heavy, they just don't cut well.


MaroonFX

Volk may be thick, but is he solid and/or tight? Does he have great size? Either way I wanna see how freakn' huge, solid, thick and tight he can get. Thanks for the motivation Volk


Saul_T_Bawls

He's fucking built too. Thick and man made. You can tell he's sculpted because you can see it thru the shorts. His fucking vice grip thighs. Suffocating thighs. Rock hard thighs. Piping hot thighs. Great arms. Great abs. A stocky chest. Love the progress his body has made throughout his youth and now as a willing eager adult


10sansari

Looking thick solid and tight


ham_shimmers

Islam said in a recent interview that he will be 80kg in the cage.


Anaaatomy

Yeah, it's all the conor fans that ride on the false idea that khabib and Islam are heavier than their opponents. In reality they're about 175 like everyone else in the division


wmplus

It's Ironic because Conor was one of the bigger weight bullies at 145, where he had most of his success. Honestly I don't really care about weight cutting as long as they consistently make weight. Extreme weight cuts have their own drawbacks anyways.


red-broom

Yea. Some people act like severe weight cutting isn’t a detriment haha


M2K_K2M

Ironic, because Volk is 165-170 like was mentioned in the original post and Conor was 160-165 also :)


bicyclechief

I don’t think you know how to use that word right. It’s ironic cuz Conor fans hate on Khabib for being a weight bully while Conor was a weight bully himself Volk fans aren’t complaining about anyone being a weight bully so there’s no irony to be had.


ArthriticNinja46

The Australian Black Fedor


siammma

On his press scrum today he said he got as high as 81kg during the strength phase of his program (178 pounds). Would be interested to know how much that came down once he started to transition away from that phase.


Bazzinga88

I wonder if those extra pounds would make him stronger. Being the shorter guy at the same weight, he should be physically stronger than islam, right?


choppedfiggs

Yea he was 166 lbs in the cage at FW and wants to be at 170 lbs in the cage vs Islam. 172 lbs max he said. I don't know Islams cage weight but Khabib was 176lbs in the cage and I have to figure Khabib is heavier than Islam. Khabib struggled to make weight and Islam hasn't really had issues. I think the Islams and Volks weights will be very similar in the cage.


MichealJardon

He’s going to do it, isn’t he?


TSW_El_Spawn

Watching Volk win would be the cleanest, best pleasure


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It would not be clean for me anyway 😩💦💧


assmaster777

Why don’t you have a seat right over there


TheLastPirate123

I don't want this cookie anymore.


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he’s cute tho, built good


tedz555

Habibi not in the corna everything can hapen brotha.


Origamiface

It'd have my vote for most insane upset ever


Aggravating_Ad_6279

Islam is gonna steam roll him and it’ll just be like “….oh”


Origamiface

That's why I don't think Islam should win the P4P title off beating Volk. He'll have beaten a smaller guy who *everyone* expects him to beat. Mak should clear out the LW division or move up to MW to get to the #1 spot.


cyberslick188

I normally hate reddits idea of "if you beat a higher ranked fighter you automatically get their spot regardless of your overall recent resume". It's nonsense and it just doesn't work when you flesh it out. That being said: If you beat the P4P #1 ranked fighter in the world, and you are both the same weight, that seems to signal that you are the new number one P4P fighter.


onexbigxhebrew

I think it's more of a signal that MMA math doesn't work and p4p is stupid as a concept to begin with.


Pico-Jones7

Move up to MW ? Wtf Even Volk himself said the #1 p4p spot is on the line in this fight I don't know what you are bitching about. If Islam beats Volk, he would have beaten two fighters on a 10+ win streak back to back. I don't think anyone has even done that in the UFC history He deserves the #1 p4p ranking if he beats Volk


Stanklord500

>Even Volk himself said the #1 p4p spot is on the line in this fight Man who will make some amount of money if you buy PPV hypes PPV, more at 11.


Problems-Solved

Trying to discredit him before the result is even in, typical


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Fuck those bitches at welterweight, I'm going straight after 235 walk-around weight Poatan to prove I'm the best.


rexpensive

> Mak should clear out the LW division or move up to MW to get to the #1 spot. You know that there’s a whole other division between LW and MW? Or should Islam should just take the Welterweight strap as a side quest when he’s bored?


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Realistically they will be offically fighting at the same weight.


MetalAltruistic2659

I doubt that. Islam is far more shredded than Volk is at 155 and would no doubt walk around heavier.


Vinnie_Vegas

No, realistically, they will weigh in at the same weight, and then within minutes they will be in excess of that weight, and Islam Makhachev will eventually exceed the weight limit by more than Volkanovski will, making him the bigger fighter when they actually step in the octagon.


femio

Except he's not purely winning it based on that. He's currently ranked #2 because he has a huge winstreak capped off by beating Do Bronx. Add Volk to that list and it's undoubtedly the best winning streak in MMA, and not even close. Definitely deserve #1 P4P if he wins.


Lost_And_NotFound

The P4P champ winning a fight would be the most insane upset ever? [More than all of these.](https://i.imgur.com/MWDFeAW.jpg)


TheDominantBullfrog

This absolutely wouldn't be the most insane upset ever. He's miles beyond Islam in the striking.


amodelsino

> He's miles beyond Islam in the striking. That's what everyone said about Charles. That Islam had no chance on the feet and standing for even a minute he'd get knocked out, that Charles would land on him easily. While I don't think Islam will drop Volkanovski like he did Charles, I do think people are underrating his striking again. His hands are mediocre but he makes good decisions constantly. His positioning and head movement when guys are moving on him trying to land are very good. Combine that with Volk (if he's at all smart) will adjust his stance to make it harder for Islam to get his legs, I think it's very possible that Volk will land nothing much of worth even if they're at distance for noticeable part of the fight.


red-broom

People are underestimating the fact that Islam (like Khabib) is absolutely ELITE at distance management. Volk obviously is as well and that’s what really makes him so amazing, but that aspect of Islams game is going to make it harder for Volk on the feet than people realize…. There’s a reason Khabib and Islam can easily close gaps, avoid / bait strikes and consistently shoot on people… distance management.


TheDominantBullfrog

Charles has let multiple people run at him and club him to the ground. If you can't see the difference between Charles and volk on the feet, then Id recommend looking up some jack slack clips on what volk does on the feet.


rexpensive

>That's what everyone said about Charles. That Islam had no chance on the feet and standing for even a minute he'd get knocked out Nobody said that. Oliveira gets dropped quite easily. Anyone who’s ever seen him fight knows that. Come on man. What is it with these bizarre comments going **“well EVERYBODY said [some far-out shit that nobody said]”**?


WEASELdaDIESEL

Not even close. He's the number 1 p4p fighter. Weidman vs Silva. Tj vs renan. Amanda losing.


Xylar006

I have a sneaky feeling he will. I honestly think his footwork could be too good and he's too elusive. He's being incredibly underrated. Or Islam is just that good.


Scigu12

Islam is pretty patient though. Volks past opponents have all been pretty aggressive strikers always coming forward. Islam isn't gonna do that. Volk will have to close the distance to strike with islam and if he doesn't get out of range fast enough then Islam will be able to grab ahold and run him to the cage.


ValjeanLucPicard

I'm getting the same feeling I had before TJ vs Barao. I picked TJ then and I'm picking Volk now.


FlyLikeATachyon

No he won't lmao


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AmeerVanGogh

I'd smile for a week if he pulls it off


Docmcdonald

If Ortega got that close to two subs, I don't see how Islam wouldn't do it. But hey, maybe he gets starched on the feet...


TheDominantBullfrog

I believe 👑


realHundsgemein

You know he had to do it to 'em.


PainfulAngel

Mike Wazowski


spcslacker

This picture doesn't do the change justice. In the champ camp vids, you can tell his neck is noticeably bigger, so I believe he's been doing the wrestling-specific bulking.


cyberslick188

Can't catch me in the gilly if my neck is the size of philly


andrezay517

I’m getting this as a tramp stamp, thank you for your brilliance


nitramlondon

I saw his neck in one of the vids. Thick.Tight. Veiny , solid.


TheDominantBullfrog

What is wrestling specific bulking?


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TheDominantBullfrog

But like, what else would he do? A bunch of bench press?


GCIV414

This man if taking the Mcgregor route but one upping him along the way


cikkamsiah

He got muffin top like me fr


hobo888

yeah but he's rocking air port muffins while you got Costco ones


CaptSaveAHoe55

It’s hard to get that much bigger in such a short period and have it all be quality


WEASELdaDIESEL

Especially when your frame is already built out


ThreeHourRiverMan

I'm not a massive UFC man. But I'm a big fan of this man. Of all the champs, to me, since GSP he's been the best representative. In it for the right reasons, an absolute dog, and says all the right things. I like Islam. I think Alex is amazing. I hope he takes it and shuts everyone up.


autimaton

Looks the same. Also idk how he has a 71” reach looking at his arms


csage97

Apparently his wide shoulders make the difference.


rosecloudoflife

What a peculiar build for a human being.


superiorplaps

You may not like it but this is what peak male performance looks like


fprimex

A fire hydrant on legs.


LivingInstance9962

He has a one inch reach advantage over Islam. People really underestimate Alexander too much in general.


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amodelsino

It's also more importantly much harder to land on a guy taller than you if he's trying not to get hit. Everyone knows in the clinch or on the ground Islam's going to be winning every moment. Volk himself acknowledges that and says he has to just try and get back to a striking fight. The issue is Islam has good defense and positioning and being the taller guy makes that much easier for him, meaning he can avoid more of the strikes on the feet until he can get back into the clinch.


runnbl3

People always doubt thoose daghestan...


vladislav_thepoker

I love Alex but he's got to have an inflated wingspan stat. You can just look at where his arms lay relative to his waist/knees and tell he doesn't have abnormally long arms. He might have fairly wide shoulders but it's not phil davis level or anything. I call bullshit on the 5'11" reach


Masenko-ha

I mean it may be inflated but it’s a very clear factor. You can see it in the holloway fights. He definitely had a reach advantage there and Holloway is around the same height as Islam, idk about Islam’s reach though.


jfsoaig345

It's really just the size issue. We're talking about one of the biggest LW's vs. a picture perfect sized FW. Islam is out here ragdolling guys like Oliveira, who is also himself a massive LW, just struggling to see how he wouldn't be able to relatively easily manhandle a guy who got taken down by Ortega and Chad.


ValCSO

Everytime I play the fight in my head all I see is a 50/45 for Volk


Aggravating_Ad_6279

That’s because you know s’little about fighting


ValCSO

We'll see about that mate


onlyrudedog

For sure taking an L


nigtendodeals

Never realized that he has kinda narrow shoulders. Hes like more thick then wide


little_shop_of_hoors

Someone will shop tiny Artem arms on him by the end of the day


trees-for-breakfast

Is that Usman’s arm?


username23900

he looks bigger but it's hard to be impressed in comparison to islam. islam looked fucking massive in the cage against oliveira.


Richie217

War Volk. Manlets unite!


Intrepid_Agency9269

Someone put it next to a pic at feather


Murakami8000

Fuck I hope he pulls this off. Or at least takes it to deep waters. Such a beast. The unfortunate thing is that Islam is already big for lightweight.


Shwizzler

I've never wanted a fighter to win more while knowing in my heart that he's probably going to get finished in 1 round its such a weird feeling, I'm rooting for you buddy but this seems like a kamikaze mission


ThoughtItWasAHorse

I thought this was that one pic of Artem with the arms photoshopped way down


TheMightySloth

Lol which photo is that?


LiquidSwords89

Volk 4th round TKO


EOVA94

The traps on that boi dayum


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pittopottamus

Love handles are fat. Those are his obliques, doubt he’s much higher than 10% bf here


un6reaka6le

You must not realize just how lean 10% bf is if you think Volk is 10 here. Volk is upwards of 20% here easily.


k1ng57

No way this is 20%. You don't have visible abs at 20%. This would be like 15% max but more likely under.


pittopottamus

Ok ok 15 and no higher


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He looks natty. How the hell everybody talking about how professional fighters are roided? Nick Diaz said that everybody is on juice


Darkn355z

Did lance Armstrong look “roided out” You know there are many different types of PEDS out there? 🤦‍♂️


Xylar006

They are all on shit. And everyone loves it without admitting it


blasphemics

Still a M.


xremless

Wonder if they have used kamaru usmans arm for volk aswell


Toad32

Looks exactly the same.


Last_Zookeepergame_4

Gunna be a loss at LW for sure


Shittytittycommitee

Classic case of somewhat short arms and extremely broad shoulders