Many fighters fall in love with MMA after getting beat up on their first day of training, consumed by wanting to learn whatever magic their opponent used to dominate them.The story of UFC featherweight Alexander “The Great” Volkanovski, who fights Shane Young this Saturday (Sunday local time) at UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs Tybura at the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, is the opposite.Before he even stepped foot in what would later become his home gym, Volkanovski was targeted as fresh meat. Strange, considering that this was in 2011, when he was still a 213-pound rugby league player. Un … Read the Full Article Here
Volkanovski was a natural from the first step he took in an MMA gym
Many fighters fall in love with MMA after getting beat up on their first day of training, consumed by wanting to learn whatever magic their opponent used to dominate them.The story of UFC featherweight Alexander “The Great” Volkanovski, who…