The onetime Bellator MMA and M-1 Global champion will take aim at former training partner Sergei Pavlovich in the UFC on ABC 6 co-main event.
has checked most of the boxes he set out to check when he started his mixed martial arts journey more than 15 years ago. Only one glaring omission remains: anheavyweight co-headliner this Saturday at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Volkov steps back into view on the heels of three straight victories, all of them finishes—a run of dominance that has moved him back into the Top 5 and kept him in the discussion as a viable contender.
“I try to perform with all my skills,” he added. “I try to get better. I try to be a more universal fighter. I try to learn how to mix my wrestling and striking skills. My opponent is still a really good striker with a wrestling base, so I’m not sure I can do a lot of wrestling in this fight. I’m more focused on my striking skills.”
“All my sparring partners were local fighters,” he said. “These guys compete on different pro shows in MMA, just regular fighters in the gym who usually compete. They are the same training partners who helped me for my previous fight.”
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