Who was the original backup for Islam vs Charles, when Volk ended up stepping in on short notice. You could be the advertised backup, have a training camp, weigh in, the challenger pulls out, and even then not get the shot. Looked it up, it was Gamrot
@@robthevampireslayer3211 I’m one of the dumba$$ess that pay for it. I tried watching TH-cam videos, they cut out 1/2, mix up the timing, play something else in the background, I can’t watch it like that. I grew up in the 80’s trying to watch HBO or Cinemax through grainy static, I hate doing it like that.
This would be the best fight to show us where Volk is at. I believe Volk would win this. There are some pretty big holes on Lopes’ game and one of the biggest is cardio, dude would fade hard in champ rounds at this time.
If Volk plans on staying at 145 then he should take the Lopes fight If he plans on going to 155 then he needs to officially make that move. The interim belt is not necessary for the those two to fight tho.
Yoel Romero got a shot at Izzy before Costa, after losing twice to Whittaker and once to Costa. Only other time I can think of at the same weight class.
We actually can tell you a time 😂😂 Gane did exactly that to Aspinall Aspinall wanted Gane and Gane was like "yeah, nah" And they both were simply top contenders not belt holders
As great as Volk's FW reign was, getting a title shot after two consecutive KO losses is a slap in the face to the other contenders patiently waiting in the queue. Dangerous fight, but he's got to earn his way back to the title picture.
Not really lol. He got knocked out at 155 and then lost to illia been the champ at 145 forever deserves a rematch whenever he wants. He probably will take another match at 145 ether way before the title shot
@@j.f.almeida9081 because the rankings are fucked up. Movsar beat no 4 Allen and he wasn't up at 4. Plus Movsar already beat Lopes. Any fighter would want that rematch unless he knew he could lose
Good to aim high but Lopes isn't getting a fight with Volk yet. Volk's 155 record is irrelevant to his work at 145. He deserves nothing less than the next title shot & Lopes will get the loser of Ilia vs Max
Does it make sense for Volk to get a fight against the winner of Illia and Max? We've already seen him knocked out by Illia, and he already beat Max 3 times
@appleboss9742 He defended the belt 5 times with his latest loss at 145 being his most recent fight at 145 so there is no question he deserves a title shot. If Ilia wins then yeah people want to see him face a recovered Volk. Every fight with Max was very entertaining so yeah, if Max wins people will pay to watch that. Volk saved a massive card for the ufc by stepping up to face Islam on short notice so if you think the UFC isn't going to give him the next title shot, you're a moron. You fair weather fans are stupid & have no spine. Bet you were one of the idiots defending the ufc giving Izzy a title shot when he was 1-3 coming off 2 straight losses in his own division. I'm done discussing this with you. You will have plenty of opportunity to cry more when the ufc announces Volk is next
@stevencorey143 So what? Izzy got ko'd by Alex & got the rematch. Silva got ko'd by Weidmann & got the rematch. Seems you don't know how mma works so you should probably go learn about it before making anymore idiotic comments
@stevencorey143 I can't be bothered explaining how the ufc works. Much easier for me if you go learn for yourself instead of asking increasingly stupid questions
Lopes is the wrong style for Volkanovski. Lopes seems to have some mean power in those fists and given volks Chin I would advise he fights a wrestler next instead. It would break my heart if Volk has to lose again, but if anyone deserves such a prestigious victory its Lopes
volk is gone. he lost to max once, ko’d back to back, and now can be declared old. if volk wants to bang, diego rocks him. if volk wants to go the ground he gets dominated.
Just looked at lopes fight record , has he really went through the fire (inferno) that volk has. If you compare their opponents. just like with Whittaker, Derrick Lewis, king green, gaethje,you might have to give fighters the equivalent of a boxing 10 count before there declared completely done .
@@dr.evil2some847 no i’m saying he’s a bigger draw for the sole reason he’s the black sheep of the division. he didn’t get cut for not being good. he got cut for arguably being too good. if khabib didn’t have fans in russia whos to say he fights for the belt?
@@notktm I agree about Khabib but idk why that matters... Lol and Mokaev didn't get cut for being too good. He got cut for being a pain in the neck out of the cage and a boring fighter in the cage...
@@dr.evil2some847 wasn’t a pain he was trying to find the best opportunity to himself. And him looking for a better offer than a 10 and 10 was seen as disrespectful by the ufc so they cut him. i don’t really expect you to understand that because you haven’t even thought about what his opportunities were at the time. he’s literally undefeated. In his country im sure that sportsmanship is more important than a connor mcregor route. He was cherry picked and used as an example, and they swept him under the rug. You need these types of things explained to you clearly, re-evaluate your frame of judgement
@@jvelking9158 yeah I’m not denying that obviously. And to be fair he didn’t get the next shot at Illia, Max did who lost three times to Volk. But I do think it was right to give the fight to Max rather than hold up the division waiting for Volk to recover. Volk still has done enough to earn a title shot against the winner, he is 13-1 at 145 and defended the belt 4 times with a dominant win over Max in the 3rd fight and two finishes.
@FarmStrong88 He's already proved he deserves it. He's only lost the once at 145 & was a dominant champion. Loses outside of a fighters usual weight class are never held against them when they return to their usual class so you tell me why he doesn't deserve it. When you're done you will have to accept the ufc will absolutely give Volk the next title shot unless he asks for something different. Volk isn't going to ask for something different
@@troycassidy6177That's a very good observation. I thought that the second Islam fight was the first ill advised short notice fight he took . What was the other one or( ones)? If you know
Macklechef
Chael once said he had a mouth like Sean combs
😂
You know Chael saw this comment and laughed, at the very least in his head. You know this is true @chaelsonnen
Volk & Max v. Ilia & Lopes.
Whoa! Tag team mma would be nasty
@@MP-cc5rv Right?? Somebody tell Turki!
Why is everyone hating on volk? The man deserves everything he get, he is a legend.
No one is hating on Volk. It's just he'll never get a title again
Lopes is the fight to make for Volk that don’t mean we hate him.
Jared cannonier was the backup for izzy vs sean and didn't get the title shot
Who was the original backup for Islam vs Charles, when Volk ended up stepping in on short notice. You could be the advertised backup, have a training camp, weigh in, the challenger pulls out, and even then not get the shot.
Looked it up, it was Gamrot
@@deathspank9573true I remember that
Tito tapped
Thank you. I was wondering what happened in that fight.
Bro idk how many times I’ve read this comment in the past but it made me laugh so hard this time
@@herbert-taylor Congrats on the single stupidest comment I’ve ever read 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@Whobilationare you ok?
@@zak5102 You’ll get over it bud, I promise 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
That's the fight for sure.
No it isn't. Volk deserves the next title shot & Lopes will get the loser of Max vs Ilia
I love both of them
I’ll be sick if Dana gets them to sign the dotted line
Be careful what you wish for. But that would be an awesome fight & I would gladly say, “Shut up & take my money!”
I LOVE this fight. If anyone should retire Volk if not Ilia, it's Diego Lopes for sure. This is fun and I love it. Passing of the torch
Don't lie, you'd illegally stream it like the rest of us.
@@robthevampireslayer3211 I’m one of the dumba$$ess that pay for it. I tried watching TH-cam videos, they cut out 1/2, mix up the timing, play something else in the background, I can’t watch it like that. I grew up in the 80’s trying to watch HBO or Cinemax through grainy static, I hate doing it like that.
Chael have you seen the netflix series Heel about wrestling?
I LOVE this fight. If anyone should retire Volk if not Ilia, it's Diego Lopes for sure. This is fun and I love it. Passing of the torch
Lopes vs. Volkanovski would be a fun fight. In my opinion, Lopes vs. Volkanovski will happen within the next year!
Greeeeat FKN call out for him
Diego! Diego! Diego.
Chael, I’m still hoping to get a pic with you in SLC.
This would be the best fight to show us where Volk is at. I believe Volk would win this. There are some pretty big holes on Lopes’ game and one of the biggest is cardio, dude would fade hard in champ rounds at this time.
If Volk plans on staying at 145 then he should take the Lopes fight
If he plans on going to 155 then he needs to officially make that move.
The interim belt is not necessary for the those two to fight tho.
Anyone who follows Diego even semi closely knows he is very, very good at this.
Uncle Chael saying names correctly. This is AI deepfake
Hi Charlie :)
That situation just happend with izzy and DDP....
Volk didn't weigh in at 145 when he fought Islam. If you lose to a guy at the same weight, you should lose your pound for pound ranking
pound for pound suggests how good they’d be if they weighed the same, which when volk did he lost . unfortunately
Yoel Romero got a shot at Izzy before Costa, after losing twice to Whittaker and once to Costa. Only other time I can think of at the same weight class.
Jose Aldo is the Featherweight GOAT.
Chael, "size matters..." Sonnen vs
Daen, "so does quality" Dark-Light. 😂😂😂
We actually can tell you a time 😂😂
Gane did exactly that to Aspinall
Aspinall wanted Gane and Gane was like "yeah, nah"
And they both were simply top contenders not belt holders
Gamrot was the back up for Islam vs Oliveira, and even when Charles pulled out he got skipped over for Volk.
As great as Volk's FW reign was, getting a title shot after two consecutive KO losses is a slap in the face to the other contenders patiently waiting in the queue. Dangerous fight, but he's got to earn his way back to the title picture.
Not really lol. He got knocked out at 155 and then lost to illia been the champ at 145 forever deserves a rematch whenever he wants. He probably will take another match at 145 ether way before the title shot
Volk deserves an immediate title match in his return
its all over the screen chael
Volk is the perfect size man for his weight class. And well rounded …
I read were an average of 135 division fighters are cutting down from 156 to compete there. So volk could hypothetically fight there also
It wasn’t a split decision chael
Volk has to fight in Feb in Syd
Q: Did he call out Volk or not??
UC: Yes
Undefeated
Mcgregor featherweight king easy! Double champ 👑
Dumbest comment mate 🤡
The guy with no defences?
Lopes and Godinez or Lopes and Grasso? The world is full of tough choices! Lol
Everyone just forgets how good Volk was as a champ
Lopes just heard Movsar fight cancelled he doesnt want none of that
He's number 3. why would he fight the number 6 when he has the chance to for title?
@@j.f.almeida9081 because the rankings are fucked up. Movsar beat no 4 Allen and he wasn't up at 4. Plus Movsar already beat Lopes. Any fighter would want that rematch unless he knew he could lose
Lopes would kill not even close
Volk needs to keep resting, the man still isn't ready. Moreover, that head kick! Mmm mmm mmm.
Alexander Volkanovski needs to keep resting. Rest Volk Rest.
Tryna snub Volks title shot
Good to aim high but Lopes isn't getting a fight with Volk yet.
Volk's 155 record is irrelevant to his work at 145. He deserves nothing less than the next title shot & Lopes will get the loser of Ilia vs Max
Does it make sense for Volk to get a fight against the winner of Illia and Max? We've already seen him knocked out by Illia, and he already beat Max 3 times
@appleboss9742 He defended the belt 5 times with his latest loss at 145 being his most recent fight at 145 so there is no question he deserves a title shot.
If Ilia wins then yeah people want to see him face a recovered Volk. Every fight with Max was very entertaining so yeah, if Max wins people will pay to watch that. Volk saved a massive card for the ufc by stepping up to face Islam on short notice so if you think the UFC isn't going to give him the next title shot, you're a moron.
You fair weather fans are stupid & have no spine. Bet you were one of the idiots defending the ufc giving Izzy a title shot when he was 1-3 coming off 2 straight losses in his own division.
I'm done discussing this with you. You will have plenty of opportunity to cry more when the ufc announces Volk is next
@stevencorey143 So what? Izzy got ko'd by Alex & got the rematch. Silva got ko'd by Weidmann & got the rematch. Seems you don't know how mma works so you should probably go learn about it before making anymore idiotic comments
@@gqwarrior6694 😂😂😂
You see one comment that you disagree with and suddenly you know that person's UFC knowledge?
What a fucking cornball you are 😂😂😂
@stevencorey143 I can't be bothered explaining how the ufc works. Much easier for me if you go learn for yourself instead of asking increasingly stupid questions
Won’t happen volk said on numerous accasions he waiting for his promised shot of the winner of max vs ilia
Lopes is the wrong style for Volkanovski. Lopes seems to have some mean power in those fists and given volks Chin I would advise he fights a wrestler next instead. It would break my heart if Volk has to lose again, but if anyone deserves such a prestigious victory its Lopes
Lopes would knock out volk or submit him in under 3 rounds.
Who cares about the backup fighter? The backup never fights.
Volk did NOT lose to Islam in a split decision. It was unanimous
A split decision between the judges and the fans then
@@zi326No I’m a fan, and I have Islam winning unanimously
@@keyboardwarrior6591 Sure but most fans had Volk winning
Joe Rogan experience- Joe Rogan program …same but different 😂
Diego doesn't deserve it volk does
No
Neither deserve it.
They should fight each other for it.
@@stevencorey143 If Volk wins, he'll either fight Max or Illia again. Diego should skip the line like how Illia did
@@appleboss9742 lmao
@@stevencorey143 ur brain dead volk took 2 short notice fights only reason he lost
What in the hell are you rambling on about Uncle Chael?!
The only time that Volk beat Max was part 3.
Lol cope. 3-0.
NCAA taking bullets😆
volk is gone. he lost to max once, ko’d back to back, and now can be declared old. if volk wants to bang, diego rocks him. if volk wants to go the ground he gets dominated.
Just looked at lopes fight record , has he really went through the fire (inferno) that volk has. If you compare their opponents.
just like with Whittaker, Derrick Lewis, king green, gaethje,you might have to give fighters the equivalent of a boxing 10 count before there declared completely done .
Using the same Volk who dominated Max for 5 rounds and came the closest as anyone to beating the current p4p king as an example for washed is crazyyyy
mokaev is a bigger draw than lopez at the point just for getting cut for silly reasons
The guy shouldn't have been so silly then, huh...?
@@dr.evil2some847 no i’m saying he’s a bigger draw for the sole reason he’s the black sheep of the division. he didn’t get cut for not being good. he got cut for arguably being too good. if khabib didn’t have fans in russia whos to say he fights for the belt?
@@notktm I agree about Khabib but idk why that matters... Lol and Mokaev didn't get cut for being too good. He got cut for being a pain in the neck out of the cage and a boring fighter in the cage...
@@dr.evil2some847 wasn’t a pain he was trying to find the best opportunity to himself. And him looking for a better offer than a 10 and 10 was seen as disrespectful by the ufc so they cut him. i don’t really expect you to understand that because you haven’t even thought about what his opportunities were at the time. he’s literally undefeated. In his country im sure that sportsmanship is more important than a connor mcregor route. He was cherry picked and used as an example, and they swept him under the rug. You need these types of things explained to you clearly, re-evaluate your frame of judgement
@@dr.evil2some847 you agree about khabib the direct example? it matters cuz it’s an analogy lols
There is 0 chance for this fight lol
Volk is fighting Ilia / Max winner
This makes perfect sense. Volk shouldn’t fight for the title after getting KO’d twice
Short notice at 155 should not affect his future 145 bouts. He got beaten only once ever in his division and was a dominant champion.
@@insanity4224 he still got knocked tf out by ilia
@@jvelking9158 yeah I’m not denying that obviously. And to be fair he didn’t get the next shot at Illia, Max did who lost three times to Volk. But I do think it was right to give the fight to Max rather than hold up the division waiting for Volk to recover. Volk still has done enough to earn a title shot against the winner, he is 13-1 at 145 and defended the belt 4 times with a dominant win over Max in the 3rd fight and two finishes.
Check your fact Volk didn't lose split decision to Islam. It was unanimous. Come on Sonny
Volk was Robbed...
It was a split you hippo
I remember the first fight being controversial in the fan community ,social media , pros and where ever else
Volk wont do it
He's next in line for a title shot so why should he?
@@gqwarrior6694 I dunno he’s on a losing streak an should prove he deserves another title shot. He’s 1-3
@FarmStrong88 He's already proved he deserves it. He's only lost the once at 145 & was a dominant champion. Loses outside of a fighters usual weight class are never held against them when they return to their usual class so you tell me why he doesn't deserve it. When you're done you will have to accept the ufc will absolutely give Volk the next title shot unless he asks for something different. Volk isn't going to ask for something different
@@FarmStrong88he’s 13-1 at 145 with 4 title defences, 2 of which were finishes and a dominant performance over Max in the third fight.
@@insanity4224 and the current champ convincingly and brutally knocked him the fuck out in their fight…
Man oh man, ufc need some new blood
Volk would smoke Lopez
Volk is kinda washed out
Look at how quick ya are to flip 😂
He went too many times on short notice and fucked his run.
He's had a good rest and should be good to go.
@@troycassidy6177That's a very good observation. I thought that the second Islam fight was the first ill advised short notice fight he took . What was the other one or( ones)?
If you know
Evloev would beat diego again