Former professional MMA fighter and current coach of Russia’s Victoria Dudakova Hasanali Gasanaliev gave a prediction of a potential fight Alexandra Volkova for the UFC title against Jon Jones .
Currently, Russian Volkov is ranked third in the UFC heavyweight division and is on a four-fight winning streak. American Jones holds the title after his only victory in the heavyweight division. Previously, the fighter competed in the weight category up to 93 kg.
— Alexander Volkov defeated Sergei Pavlovich and would now like to fight Jon Jones. Do you think Volkov is willing to fight Jones if they are offered such a fight?
— I bet on Volkov even before the fight with Pavlovich. We know him, talked with him, had dinner with Victoria. Sasha is very nice. I delivered his package to Russia. Mentally, he is absolutely ready for Jones. I saw that they are working with a psychologist, it is very correct. Victoria works this way too, I think it should be the case in sports. A person needs to express himself; everyone has inner fears.
I saw Alexander training at UFC PI, he does crazy volumes. He did six or seven sets in a row to lift 280 kg. Absolutely bad weights. And they forced him to do it every 30 seconds. I even asked him: “Sasha, what did you do to them that was so bad? Look what he has become – completely different! It’s like he’s at his peak right now. Even with the staph, he gave Pavlovich almost no chance. He’s definitely a very smart guy, he can work from left to right.
– Yet what unpleasant thing can he do to Jones?
– This will knock you down. With Jones’s signature moves himself, he will turn him off himself. John is good because he uses his hands to disable his opponent’s front hand. But everyone knows that he has never hit hard. Sasha also does not have such a brilliant one-time can as Pavlovich. But Sanya, I think, hits harder than Jones. Sasha’s legs are even better. He can simply turn off Jones’ legs, add his hands and not let him fight. Besides, who knows what state Jones is in right now?
He and McGregor all know their weaknesses. There were some very good Irish guys with us at the Alicante training camp, 18-19 years old. I asked them a question: “What’s going on between Conor and Chandler, what’s the problem?” They said there was only one problem. If Sanya is mentally ready to die, he will beat Jon Jones, he can beat anyone.
In general, I believe that our athletes can win all the UFC belts. It’s just that our media is not so interesting, they don’t talk like that, they can’t present themselves. Managers don’t work like that, there is no star power. Look, some have a million and a half subscribers, but half of them are fake,” Gasanaliev told .
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