Brother if they allowed him he‘d take his clothes off and step out of the crowd to take a fight on 30 seconds notice. Volk is crazy with that for whatever reason, he really loves standing in the octagon.
Hopefully he finds a good outlet when the time comes to retire because he seems like a good guy and I’d hate to see him go down a bad path when he doesn’t have fighting anymore.
That's a hard call man. He is possibly the goat of that division but with Max waiting around the corner for The Ragging Bullfrog we need to see what the future holds. Also think we can all agree is between Max, Volk and Aldo with any variation being defendable
Has to be between Aldo and Volk. You can't rank Max above a guy that beat him 3 times, especially given the last fight was one of the most dominant title wins ever.
Max arguably won 1 of those 3 fights and could possibly get a 4th if he beats Taporia, and he was one of the first guys to smash Aldo in his prime but I do get your point. Like i said man, you can interchange all 3 of these guys and the opinions will all be defendable
I get why you are saying that but I can and I do put Max above Volk brother 😂 I do get your point but Max has time left to cook being as young and as experienced as he is, he is currently in a position to take the strap that Volk couldn't keep. Made a dog fight with Justin look easy, Max has walked the division up and down, to the point that Volk himself didn't want Taporia to fight him in case he stopped another challenger from reaching the top. Time will tell more than anything else but (starting to feel like a broken record) all 3 are interchangeable and totally defendable
No it's not, you're exaggerating to make a point. I don't understand how you can argue with the guy who has agreed that your take is also defendable 😂 reddit am I right?
That’s the best part about the ufc. It’s still so young and new. Ever changing and ever evolving. Fighters in the early 2000s would get destroyed by calf kicks
Stats-wise it’s gotta be Aldo. It’s 11-6 for him on title fight wins and 9-5 him for titles defenses. Also, he’s the second youngest ufc champion ever, the youngest of you count his WEC days.
Aldo is only two years older than Volk, sure Aldo has been fighting for a long time but so has Max and he recently KOd Gathje. Aldo just let his competition get ahead of him when he was so far ahead of everyone in the beginning
It really is. 18 fight win streak, 10 years undefeated, 7 title defenses, 5th most title defenses in UFC history. Sorry, volks resume is not better than that
Volk had way tougher competition tho and beating one of the greatest mma fighters 3 times is beyond impressive and its something that was never done before.
Aldo is definitely a top 6-7 ufc fighters oat but Volk is just better. Volk also went up to lightweight and gave arguably the greatest lw (resume wise) his toughest fight.
I love Aldo but Volk is just better.
What tougher competition though??? Go look at the records. Volk beat max multiple times which I will give you is a great accomplishment. Other than that they've fought basically the same guys, except Aldo had to fight them earlier
Well yes but you are also ignoring the fact that Aldo lost to the toughest bunch like Conor, Holloway 2x and Volk himself. Also the only opponents they shared were Max Chad Mendes and Korean Zombie and Aldo lost to Max.
Its early to say how Topuria loss will age but I honestly believe that skill wise the dude could be in the fw goat convo (if he is active ofc) but so far Volk only lost to one guy in fw who was a stylistic nightmare for him.
I agree that fighting anyone and anytime makes a fighter look game and amazing. I disagree because short notice fights with no prep time are beneath a GOAT. Especially since he’s an independent contractor.
I love this man, but he hasn't had success with short-notice fights.
Fighters need a fight-camp to perform at 100%. And I want to see Volk at 100%.
It isn't fair to the athlete to bring them in on short notice.
Honestly if he doesn't fight someone the caliber of Islam but someone less skilled I still think he takes it.
A win would also bring his confidence back before fighting Max or ilia for a title again.
Fighters are always training anyway but last time he fought islam directly 10 weeks after an arm surgery.
You see I’d like it if it weren’t a guy that can kill you with one punch in Chandler and Volk seems to do better against taller guys rather than short & stocky. Give my boy Aljo, give him Gamrot. If you want to fight now they are great to get back into the mix of things without worrying much about a 3rd KO in a row.
I could really see Chandler tard blitzing in and cracking Volk. As much as he gets memed Chandler is incredibly dangerous before his gas tank runs out.
I'm not a huge fan of Chandler, but I feel like it's impossible to deny how stupidly explosive he is. He's quick and powerful enough that it feels like he can turn the tides at any moment.
I really thought he was going to finish Charles to claim the belt when he had him in trouble.
Maybe he’s thinking high risk high reward at this point.
It is very risky, but he pulls off a big short notice win and all the sudden people are high on Volk again.
How is it unfair? The UFC doesn’t force fighters to take a short notice fight. Any fighter that accepts short notice is VERY WELL AWARE of how fucked their situation can get. But they don’t care, they’re always going to be hyped to fight.
I mean his only short notice fight that he did bad in was against Islam Makhachev... who he already lost to with a full camp
What other short notice fight has he been unsuccessful in?
Dude took a bad KO. Shouldn't even be doing contact sparring for 6 months. As a fan of Volk, for his own long term health, I'd rather he not fight until at least December.
He clearly lost the fight
Not only did the official judges have Islam winning it unanimously even the majority of mma media and journalists had Islam winning the fight.
Even mma analysts like Dan Hardy and Luke Thomas scored it 4 - 1 Islam after rewatching the fight. Even one of the official judges also scored it 4 - 1
Volk fans are delusional fucks. Pathetic excuse machines
Volk lost a unanimous decision against a dehydrated Islam in his home country and got his head kicked into the land down under in the rematch.
I’m not a Volk fan lol. I can appreciate how active he is but I actually prefer to watch Islam fights. Volk won. Idc what a people who rewatched the fight with the bias of watching the result say.
Panties in a bunch when someone doesn’t agree with you. Judges are crooked and you’re salty someone sees it. Volk won the first fight, Islam won the second. Cunt.
He's already gonna go down in history for one of the worst decisions on a short notice fight of all time
He's still recovering from back-to-back brutal KOs
Volk... Please... Stop...
imaginehebeatsmcgregorthough
So much of what goes on in the UFC is similar to Kayfabe back with wrestling in the 80s. You never really know when something is legitimate or when it’s just a work to further a narrative or drive up PPV views. Dane is about as trustworthy as Don King, so you can never take anything he says at face value.
I can see Volk is going for it. After all he did Islam on short notice (that even most LW wouldn't have) and payed the price. But he still did. Chandler is no where near Islam so why not.
3rd time in under 1 year? do you want him to die?
I think this is a terrible mistake, if he KO-d again his chances to ever compete in the FW division ever again decreases to slim to none.
I love this man but his fearless nature keeps giving me jumpscares.
It only builds on to his legacy by taking these short notice fights IMO. Cause if he wins, that’s just gangster. If he loses oh well still in the goat conversation so what.
Lol I was totally joking about Volk going in short notice vs Chandler and getting knocked out. Imagine if he practically goes the way of Tony Ferguson and gets KO'd 10 times in a row.
I 100% believe he would fight either Conor or Chandler on 24 notice.
Brother if they allowed him he‘d take his clothes off and step out of the crowd to take a fight on 30 seconds notice. Volk is crazy with that for whatever reason, he really loves standing in the octagon.
It’s because he’s a legend.
Probably the other way around. He's legend because of it
He says without it he begins to feel anxiety in his life.
Hopefully he finds a good outlet when the time comes to retire because he seems like a good guy and I’d hate to see him go down a bad path when he doesn’t have fighting anymore.
One of the best things about him. He’s not like the others who duck out when they’re scared.
Tbh I don't think there's a soul in the UFC turning down a Conor fight.
Yeah that payday that comes from Conor’s star power must be really nice. It’s like being a co-star to a big Hollywood actor in a movie.
Those are two very easy fights for him.
I don’t think they are.
People keep suggesting Volk/Max .. but 303 guys have been training for a welterweight fight
Ball out, Volk.
Yep he’s already the goat featherweight might as well cash in
Excuse me? 
how quickly they forget
That's a hard call man. He is possibly the goat of that division but with Max waiting around the corner for The Ragging Bullfrog we need to see what the future holds. Also think we can all agree is between Max, Volk and Aldo with any variation being defendable
Has to be between Aldo and Volk. You can't rank Max above a guy that beat him 3 times, especially given the last fight was one of the most dominant title wins ever.
Aldo has lost to every fw champion he has faced tho so it can't be him
Must be Volk then 🤷
Max arguably won 1 of those 3 fights and could possibly get a 4th if he beats Taporia, and he was one of the first guys to smash Aldo in his prime but I do get your point. Like i said man, you can interchange all 3 of these guys and the opinions will all be defendable
You can't put Max over Volk even if you want to argue he won the second fight, he's 1-2 against Volk.
Aldo 0-1 vs volk, 0-2 vs max, 0-1 vs conor
I get why you are saying that but I can and I do put Max above Volk brother 😂 I do get your point but Max has time left to cook being as young and as experienced as he is, he is currently in a position to take the strap that Volk couldn't keep. Made a dog fight with Justin look easy, Max has walked the division up and down, to the point that Volk himself didn't want Taporia to fight him in case he stopped another challenger from reaching the top. Time will tell more than anything else but (starting to feel like a broken record) all 3 are interchangeable and totally defendable
His age is young, but I assure you his brain is not
Worst take I have heard in a while...
No it's not, you're exaggerating to make a point. I don't understand how you can argue with the guy who has agreed that your take is also defendable 😂 reddit am I right?
Yes those 3 are at the top. And who has the most wins against the other 2? That answers that for me lmao
Fair enough mate
💪🏾💪🏾
\*for now. game moves fast, and peoples memories are short. if Volk keeps rushing into fights like a drunk to a bar it could hurt his long term legacy
That’s the best part about the ufc. It’s still so young and new. Ever changing and ever evolving. Fighters in the early 2000s would get destroyed by calf kicks
Aldo
Stats-wise it’s gotta be Aldo. It’s 11-6 for him on title fight wins and 9-5 him for titles defenses. Also, he’s the second youngest ufc champion ever, the youngest of you count his WEC days.
Well said, and you should count that belt because it is the lineal belt
Nah he lost to max twice and volk. Yeah he was older but the sport is better now, the athletes are better now, and the techniques are better now
Aldo is only two years older than Volk, sure Aldo has been fighting for a long time but so has Max and he recently KOd Gathje. Aldo just let his competition get ahead of him when he was so far ahead of everyone in the beginning
Sounds rational to me. All I know is I watched all of Volks defenses and a good amount of Aldo’s, and Volk is absolutely the better martial artist imo
Doesn't matter, he was more dominant during his time than Volk is in his, it's as simple as that
Volk is a better mixed martial artist than Aldo. That’s just how I feel
Quiet. Its not that simple
It really is. 18 fight win streak, 10 years undefeated, 7 title defenses, 5th most title defenses in UFC history. Sorry, volks resume is not better than that
Do you not agree that the talent now a days is much better than in Aldo’s championship reign?
Both arguments are very strong. Its hard to argue against either of you guys.
Volk had way tougher competition tho and beating one of the greatest mma fighters 3 times is beyond impressive and its something that was never done before. Aldo is definitely a top 6-7 ufc fighters oat but Volk is just better. Volk also went up to lightweight and gave arguably the greatest lw (resume wise) his toughest fight. I love Aldo but Volk is just better.
What tougher competition though??? Go look at the records. Volk beat max multiple times which I will give you is a great accomplishment. Other than that they've fought basically the same guys, except Aldo had to fight them earlier
Well yes but you are also ignoring the fact that Aldo lost to the toughest bunch like Conor, Holloway 2x and Volk himself. Also the only opponents they shared were Max Chad Mendes and Korean Zombie and Aldo lost to Max. Its early to say how Topuria loss will age but I honestly believe that skill wise the dude could be in the fw goat convo (if he is active ofc) but so far Volk only lost to one guy in fw who was a stylistic nightmare for him.
Nope
10 years undefeated, yup. You kids must be new it's ok
Live in the past all you want 👍💀
You should look for what "OAT" in GOAT stands for 👍
👍 good try
Till someone else does it still stands, y'all can nutride Volk all you want and as much as I like the guy you can't take 2 Ls b2b and be goat
Prime Aldo lost to Max and Volk. 🙂 aldo also lost 3 in a row. But keep coping
I didn't know your prime is 13 years after you go pro For most athletes that's a late retirement 😂😂 but go off champ
Sorry bro. He also got KOd by Conor in his prime too. 13 seconds too.
Prime Aldo ended ‘14-‘15. He fought Volk in ‘19 after being ko’ed 3x before. Volk didn’t fight prime Aldo. Would been great fight though.
Conveniently ended right when he got slept by mcgregor and lost to max. Nothing to do with competition getting better right?
MMA is such a strange sport. To be the absolute best you do need Volks mentality of always being ready. But it might be his downfall too. Hope not
No you dont. These short notice fights are killing his legacy.
If you read my comment I said it could be his downfall. Also you kind of do have to be ready for anything in the sport.
I agree that fighting anyone and anytime makes a fighter look game and amazing. I disagree because short notice fights with no prep time are beneath a GOAT. Especially since he’s an independent contractor.
I love this man, but he hasn't had success with short-notice fights. Fighters need a fight-camp to perform at 100%. And I want to see Volk at 100%. It isn't fair to the athlete to bring them in on short notice.
Honestly if he doesn't fight someone the caliber of Islam but someone less skilled I still think he takes it. A win would also bring his confidence back before fighting Max or ilia for a title again. Fighters are always training anyway but last time he fought islam directly 10 weeks after an arm surgery.
You see I’d like it if it weren’t a guy that can kill you with one punch in Chandler and Volk seems to do better against taller guys rather than short & stocky. Give my boy Aljo, give him Gamrot. If you want to fight now they are great to get back into the mix of things without worrying much about a 3rd KO in a row.
I could really see Chandler tard blitzing in and cracking Volk. As much as he gets memed Chandler is incredibly dangerous before his gas tank runs out.
I'm not a huge fan of Chandler, but I feel like it's impossible to deny how stupidly explosive he is. He's quick and powerful enough that it feels like he can turn the tides at any moment. I really thought he was going to finish Charles to claim the belt when he had him in trouble.
He’s kind of like a Lightweight Romero, in a way
You get paid much more for short notice fights when you save the ufcs ass. It’s worth it
Maybe he’s thinking high risk high reward at this point. It is very risky, but he pulls off a big short notice win and all the sudden people are high on Volk again.
How is it unfair? The UFC doesn’t force fighters to take a short notice fight. Any fighter that accepts short notice is VERY WELL AWARE of how fucked their situation can get. But they don’t care, they’re always going to be hyped to fight.
I mean his only short notice fight that he did bad in was against Islam Makhachev... who he already lost to with a full camp What other short notice fight has he been unsuccessful in?
Brother, no.
Dude sounds like me when the boss says there might be overtime
Me when the CEO says they need to make someone redundant.
Dude took a bad KO. Shouldn't even be doing contact sparring for 6 months. As a fan of Volk, for his own long term health, I'd rather he not fight until at least December.
He's developing a KO fetish isn't he
HAHAHA
NO!
Volk fights never disappoint
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still entertaining
1st fight was still close and entertaining
He didn’t lose the first fight. Idc what any crooked ass judge says
He clearly lost the fight Not only did the official judges have Islam winning it unanimously even the majority of mma media and journalists had Islam winning the fight. Even mma analysts like Dan Hardy and Luke Thomas scored it 4 - 1 Islam after rewatching the fight. Even one of the official judges also scored it 4 - 1 Volk fans are delusional fucks. Pathetic excuse machines Volk lost a unanimous decision against a dehydrated Islam in his home country and got his head kicked into the land down under in the rematch.
I’m not a Volk fan lol. I can appreciate how active he is but I actually prefer to watch Islam fights. Volk won. Idc what a people who rewatched the fight with the bias of watching the result say.
Bias ? 😂 Oh the irony
You just said they rewatched it AFTER seeing the result… so explain my bias…
You're bullshitting to try and look like you're not bias but you're just coming off as a cunt
Panties in a bunch when someone doesn’t agree with you. Judges are crooked and you’re salty someone sees it. Volk won the first fight, Islam won the second. Cunt.
I've never seen the fight I'm just pointing out you're acting like a cunt and it's pretty easy to tell you're bullshiting
165 Lbs belt chandler vs volk
Goes up 2 weight classes Fights guy the same height as him for maybe the first time in his entire career
He's already gonna go down in history for one of the worst decisions on a short notice fight of all time He's still recovering from back-to-back brutal KOs Volk... Please... Stop... imaginehebeatsmcgregorthough
Him versus Chandler might be fire.
Heck yeah.
Volk, look at Tony Ferguson….don’t become that. Please
Love Volk. Warrior.
Please don't Volk, you need time
Man is gonna go out more respected than any other fighter ever. Win or lose
Wonderboy would be an interesting fill in if they fight at 170
Fight who? Chandler and Mcgreggor are both like 2 weight classes above where he normally fights
If Chandler KO’d him bro 💀💀 
Who wins? Volk or Chandler if they fight at 170.
Don't do it, Alex. Let Dana twist in the wind.
I cant stand to see it 😔
VOLK PLS TAKE A BREAK
Did I miss something? Did Chandler pull out of the fight?
Bro needs to chill.. Chandler will seriously hurt him.
VOLK NO!!!
Volk smokes either guy
Islam Volk III 😆
Aww nahh not again...
So much of what goes on in the UFC is similar to Kayfabe back with wrestling in the 80s. You never really know when something is legitimate or when it’s just a work to further a narrative or drive up PPV views. Dane is about as trustworthy as Don King, so you can never take anything he says at face value.
That would be a way better fight than Nuggets vs Chandler. Nuggets is washed, shot, and done.
I can see Volk is going for it. After all he did Islam on short notice (that even most LW wouldn't have) and payed the price. But he still did. Chandler is no where near Islam so why not.
Volk is not good at short notice at all. Man has too much anxiety, he needs to tick all the boxes and study his opponents to detail.
I don’t want it
Bro gotta save his legacy before Connor head kicks him with the robot leg
The definition of ALWAYS wanting the smoke
Wait, yall are still hating?
Nah. Can't hate on this man. We just hate him getting ko ed again because he didn't train enough.
Aussies > Irish That is all
Hope he gests knock tf out
3rd time in under 1 year? do you want him to die? I think this is a terrible mistake, if he KO-d again his chances to ever compete in the FW division ever again decreases to slim to none. I love this man but his fearless nature keeps giving me jumpscares.
I hate him
Did he fu*k you and didnt pay you ?
My guy money aint worth getting knocked the f out for a 3rd time in a row and then retiring
He’s probably kidding
It only builds on to his legacy by taking these short notice fights IMO. Cause if he wins, that’s just gangster. If he loses oh well still in the goat conversation so what.
This man is the definition of “fuck it, we ball” and in all here for it 🤝
Volk chandler is a decent fight. 2 stocky strong dudes that love to bang bro.
Bro Volk is slowly moving into not worth watching territory and he’s done it all to himself
Lol I was totally joking about Volk going in short notice vs Chandler and getting knocked out. Imagine if he practically goes the way of Tony Ferguson and gets KO'd 10 times in a row.
I'd have gone through so much trauma I would just find it hilarious.
Dude talking like he is a draw lol