I would not say hard, I would say amazing learning experience. He won, hes p4p #1, and he got the experience of 5 rounds!

Love Islam but I feel like he underestimated Volk a little bit

Look at his face volk definitely won volk barley shown any damage on his face Islam loss

Look at his eye

And more chinny

That was pretty cool...respect and honor for neither to go for something sneaky and low

it was beautiful

I missed it but I’m glad to see how humble Islam is!

@@ofon2000 Floyd and Conor would have let's be honest

Respect to both fighters, rematch would be good I taught it was a draw

Islam should be proud of going out there and hugging volk?

@@Mrimperialbeast he fooking hurt him like 3 4 times with the hands stupid bisch

@@Mrimperialbeast hugging to death, this is mma not boxing. What's your mma record pro?

@@oldschoolpk 7-1

@@oldschoolpk only round he hugged was round 4 and I don’t like hugging either wrestling not bad when there ground and pound

@Dumb Yet Smarter Than You and still lost…but regardless it was a really good, close fight that could’ve gone either way. Just wait for the rematch

@@internetgremlin4853 It really couldn't have gone the other way, if they could give the fight to Alex, they would do it in a heartbeat, especially since he was a huge fan favorite and Islam is so hated. It is like that every fight with a muslim, usually they insult, demonize, bully him, when he performs they downplay his abilities, hate him even more, make conspiracy theories, they simply have no class and are ok with it.

@Dumb Yet Smarter Than You cope harder, islam is the new p4p

@@dumbyetsmarterthanyou2960 just accept that your boy is lost and now you are upset hahaha

Bullied him? Dude I’m a fan of both guys but volk fans are going a little overboard it was a good close fight. There sure af wasn’t any bullying going on. ​@Dumb Yet Smarter Than You

Exactly. Both improved a lot and neutralised the others strength.

Volk had more success in the striking than Islam had I the grappling, I had Volk 3-2 at least

​@@jmz2144 he dropped him more than volk did him

He looked good, caught volk a couple of times but getting dropped and still get called amazing is a bit too much isn‘t it

@@jmz2144maybe you should get a job as a scorer

Because he lost

@@keeloweoac9397 In what metric? Alex stopped a few of his takedowns and that alone constitutes a win? Islam won 3 out of 5 rounds arguably 4 but Volk put on a great fight.

Love him. He's wonderful ❤️ Love and Respect from Australia 🇦🇺

@@keeloweoac9397 he won mate

@@keeloweoac9397 he definitely didn't lose

He is nice guy 💛

The way they counted each other's strengths was very impressive

@@alexstarovereem link ? talk is cheap.

I’m Australian too and I was appalled at the Victoria bitter bogans booing islam. What kind of welcome is that? Horrible crowd. Lucky I didn’t find tickets otherwise I would’ve gotten into a fight tryna teach these bogans a lesson their mumma failed to teach them

@@alexstarovereem shut up

Great point, agree.

I never thought somebody would outclass Volk on the feet.

@@geekytroll7968 😂

you must do that if you want to be called p4p

@@geekytroll7968 ask yourself

@@PetarOrthodox Silly Casual You must be an aussie

Well said

sugar sean has enter the chat haha

Yep..& the naturally bigger guy won with everything else being even.

not sure why people hate islam, was pulling for him and thought he won but can show respect to volk. seems like the other side is incapable of doing so.

you're absolutely right

He said Syria and Turkey i guess

@@VN_creator 😂

Did you not see the handler guy lean in and whisper something to him just before he mentioned it?

Yeah he literally got reminded to say it, like Jon Jones corner telling him to go win some fans and check on Machida hahahaha

@@garyabblott5815 He was posting about the earthquake on his instagram before the fight so your comment is pointless and desperate.

🤣🤣...yes as we have seen this in Islam earlier interview that Khabib as a couch never gives them a break.

After Khabib's fight, Abdulmanap said the same thing to him. He really turned into his father.

And for a good reason, he almost lost in the end

and Islam told Khabib 'hey, if you're here, it will be little bit easier"

@@KdKoala he did lose

Hahaha same.....especially when I hear that UFC background music as they're showing the stats and sponsors just before the first walkout of the main event 🤣🤣

😂😂

Try it with a heartbeat monitoring watch... You will be surprised...

Try highstakes poker, it does it

bro i swear for an hour, i couldnt regulate my heartbeat. i tried every method to controll my heart, jeeez i thought i was gonna die. islam really made me nervous haha.

💯❤

humility hah sure sure

I think alex won. Na I’m jk🤣

-Islam makhachev, 2023

Because people are very racist. They even booed for khabib constantly in his mcgreor fight

Let them cry

@@crazycat9003 I’m black and I was cheering for Islam

@@fallenangel9398 AlhamdulelLeh ☝️ All colors are created by The Creator The Most High it's how much WE keep our same color hearts clean that matters the most love you brother

Gimme a break..people justlike going for the underdog.

His English has come so far it's awesome to see 👏

Bad guy for you, remember every hero is a villain in someone's life and every villain is hero in someone's life

My guy he literally hasn't done anything to "play the bad guy". If you're referring to the talking I don't see how he said anything horrible, Volk was doing more interviews about him than vice versa. That's what you decided he was based on nothing. Says more about you than him.

@@hmmm3210 He's Russian and a Muslim both things most Western nations have some hatred towards by default. If Islam wasn't Russian and was a christian no one would have booed him.

Islam is literally the most likeable of the active Dagestani UFC fighters. The worst thing he said was "you wrestling champ? We will check" 😭😂 if he was playing the bad guy he was doing a terrible job at it

@@mystermont2019 so no one booed randy brown and Alonso Menifield? Clueless race baiting smh

Well said brother

Volk is actually 5'5 UFC always bumps up heights. Makes it all the more impressive.

I’d rather have a black eye and some bruises instead of an open cut next to my eye.

Thats what I’m saying. Volk would clean out 2 weight divisions if he wanted to. I doubt Islam could beat everyone in welterweight.

Ppl underestimate being short with good wrestling clearly. Look at dc

seriously.. i dont see either having issues with anyone in their division after a fight like that!

@@JordoniusOfFrisia Right now I can see Fiziev to be the hottest contender in LW. Best striker in ufc, never been taken down, not great cardio tho.

Yair looked so scary against Emmett. Love Volk but I could see how Yair beats him

100% agree

@@deekafs1926 volk is not slow josh emmet. Volk with win yair with ease

These two gave all MMA fans what we wanted. Volk didn’t lose anything....for me personally, he gained a notch higher on who Volk is as a fighter....truly one of the P4P best in MMA.

Both great champs. Alex is one of the goats, and Islam got into the top 10 literally 10+ months ago and then became the champ and then fought the P4P number 1...

Islam proved hes is no where near #2 you’re delusional. Lets see him move up and face Periera 😂 He gets his lights switched off from first jab that connects Islam couldnt impose his wrestlefuck on a 145er 😂 Look at his face!!!!

Ahh, never. This is the 1st

This is the only “Super fight” that actually lived up the hype. Also might be the highest level fight in mma history.

This comment 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

true but islam did more control on the ground than volk did on the feet

@@relaxingm3340 Hey Muslim guy ...relax.🤣

@@tttttz5005 and you christian guy, cover and go to sleep. Your boy has lost!

Best comment I’ve seen so far, unreal fight between both fighters

They focused so much on each other's strengths that both underestimated their "supposed" weak areas or areas they're not know to be as good. Very entertaining 👏

but winner deserve more credit than loser doesn’t matter if he is strong or whatever

@@demonx3432 yeah that was the true narrative of the fight

I totally agree! Amazing performance by Volk ❤

dude was laughing while makha was on his back...

@@Cass99k someone could point a gun in your face and you could laugh, but that doesn't change the reality of the situation you're in.

agreed! I really think he paved the way for others to follow suit

@@Cass99k the crawl to the cage his face hahaha

Alex is much harder fight, his fight IQ is good, Khabib already said that, Alex is harder fight for Islam than charles, that's the reason he's number 1 p4p

Tbf everyone will look human against Volkanovski. I wonder how Khabin fight against him tho

@@cetin1864 and Volk also looked human. Like another person said they cancel each other out. They both couldn’t do what they do to others.

Of course , Volk are great fighter and P4P fighter ! i think both of them, Islam and Volk will wins against all top LW fighter !

@@cetin1864 if you see all of Khabib fight, you can see, Khabib so fast than Islam, Islam mybe look good in stricking , but Khabib are so fast with IQ fight better than Islam, and Khabib so tehnikal to use his Judo and Sambo wrestling !

Yair is dangerous.

Facts lol

@@Scribble336 Volk can handle yair

Lol 2 div champion and hasn't defended in his first build lolhhhjajajajjaaj not deserve to be double champ clown hahhahhajjajajja

@@Scribble336 a but fow volk he'll piece him up tho

All the sour McGregor fans and Dillon Danis crew. They're a set of jokers

@@mhussain9340 i hate kabob but like islam, islan is more rounded fighter

@@voiceofreason1829 no khabib just too dominant

you just saw him arguably get beat by a small 45er and you think he's ready for 170?

@@caspar_gomez movement speed differs and decreases with the increase in weight.

@@caspar_gomez Less weight cut, more healthy, better cardio

@@dragonsazor799 its usman colby and khamzat up there that shut dont matter

Why do these comments feel so fake and cliche? It feels like a bot typed it!

I don’t NEED to thank anyone

@@username-hs3pc lowkey it does😂

Yep and yep mate, great right I had Volk but respect for both :)”

LoL, “ we need to thank these guys”

at least they stopped booing when volk told them to.

Lol yeah brasil will bottle you

You think Russian fans would be different?

@@jd0604 In places where mma is big like japan and russia (except brazil lol), crowds traditionally tend to show more respect, especially if it's two of the best in the world. Of course, this is very different in football and ice hockey.

The exact same thing happened when islam fought oliveira in Abu Dhabi, they booed oliveira and cheered for islam

Dana: Wilson Sy was never my friend 😂

He won because he took the back twice and held it for the majority of 2 rounds. His striking just about lost him the fight at the end

@@TheCuzzieKage yeah volk won

@@yuhhh2593 draw

Significant strikes Volk landed on Islam: 70 Significant strikes all 13 of Islam’s other opponents have landed combined: 111 Shows you how good both guys are.

"Able to win mainly due to his striking" Are you talking about Volkanovski? Go watch the fight sober this time

Yea but look at Islam FACE and look at volk like they robbed him fire all of the judges

@@marcushernandez9808Terrible take. A fight isn’t judged on what faces look like.

They should do a rematch to see which one improves the most

Yeah it doesn’t feel right to definitively give Islam PFP #1 when the fight was SO close with Volk at a big size disadvantage. I’d tie them for sure.

Naw u can't be the #1 when the smaller underdog just pretty much beat u. Volk was smashing him from on top in the 5th and Islam was spent. At approximately the 20 min mark u could see the fear in Islam's eyes and see he was only trying to survive

Islam won, he is P4P.

Volk should be p4p #1. Islam never earned the #2 spot in the first place and definitely not the #1 spot after this fight.

💯 Great comment

Blew through? Islam maybe, but Volk squeaked by every fight with Max and barely beat Ortega. Pump the brakes buddy

Ortega was not close, he had 1 good moment

@@j.l.3685 50-45 against Max is squeaky ?! Lmao

@ also volk has evolved sm since he took the belt. It’s actually unbelievable how good he has gotten.

Charles was #3. Islam moved to 2 after Izzy lost

Alex was on a 22 fight streak.

Man like it or not but my man Islam is currently the best fighter in the world, huge respect for volk btw he's the second just right after him, ❣️❣️

islam lost the fight

@@ckkkjack8956 Islam won the fight, close but won, it was not dominant but Islam won. One round does not neglecte 4 rounds.

It's not mistake, Volk is simply that good. Don't discredit Islam like that. Edit - my bad, didn't watched the full video

@@iNeed2.p no dude, Khabib is elite, he deserves to talk like that, he knows what the game is all about, he is the mastermind, I will be really upset if he does not talk like that, Islam will not be developed

@@iNeed2.p no mate ,for islam is different means if khabib come here and will more easier dont u watch this video at the end? 05:25

@@iNeed2.pbrother, watch the video before you read comments.

He knew he lost

Yes, Volk the master of the ground.

Same lol

Exactly too much anxiety i stopped watching after third

Dude I thought I was going to have a heart attack!

Ya I haven't felt like that watching a fight in a while. That was history tonight, both of these guys are on a completely different level.

Same here, I wanted Volk to win so bad but I also didn't want to see Islam get hurt either.

Your patan movie is good

@@mohammdiqbaliqbl9175 😅😅 i am not real shahrukh khan and it's not my movie 🎥 .... But the movie is good for one time watch... It's entertaining

What? Volk gave up like 6” and stepped up a weight class and arguably won.

Why didn't islam finish volk in first round?he had him with rear naked choke.Just like khabib beat connor with rear naked choke.And volk was showing thumbs up to crowd while under pressure from a dangerous grappler.Because dana white told islam not to finish volk in 1st round.its crystal clear.

Islam's stock should be way down in A LOT of people's eyes. That was a spectacular loss he "avoided"

@@EddieHalifax do u really think he lost?

@@maazkhan5614 with very little doubt having watched it over only one more time so far (I will concede) but yeah I still think Islam lost after two watches

@@EddieHalifax I'm sure you watched that fight with a biased eye.

@@EddieHalifaxvolks own coaches said Islam won 3 rounds before the last round bud

Still is in my eyes. Islam didn’t do enough to take pound for pound ranking off volk. Mainly because volk came up.

@@lukedeker4676 Really? Then sorry for that. Rewatch the fight if you really are a true fan of mma. No disrespect.

@@AR-15-685 I'd agree with him Islam won the title fair n square. But Volk still the p4p 1# in my eyes. It was a close af fight. If there was another round I think we would have seen a finish from Volk. Islam being the larger opponent should have dominated him a bit more if he was the true p4p. It don't really matter though they're both top tier fighters and both deserve respect for being the best.

I’d love to see a rematch too but this time islam with better shape he could do way better dude looked drained off & exhausted af clearly his cut weight or something goes wrong but dude is beast for pulling out a win regardless

amazing

Volk took this fight not the other way around you delusional nutcase

@@aventidblechchlatechipfrap7465 Champions only go for the safest, Islam went for the riskiest, props to Islam. Volk is still champion and has belt after lose. Islam would have lost everything. You delusional hater you can cry for both reasons, AND STILL!!!!!!

@@robertlll5319 Naaaah Volk dominated your boy and smashed him on the ground, so who is crying? islam can only hug for time, he had takedowns but didnt do anything , while volk was smashing your boy in both scenarios , every professional UFC competitor says Volk got robbed, fans say he got robbed, the judges in bed with Ali🐀🐀 🐀🐀 and islam got smashed and looked like absolute s^*hhh, look at his face look at him in round 4 and round 5 ,your boy got smashed hahahaha in his eyes he was scared and holdon to dear life. you d!*k riding kebab fans only win by unanimous or by dodging weight.Volk will be back and you will collapse like earthquake in turkey and Cry

Alhamdulillah

ISLAM had everything to lose by fighting a smaller guy with no wrestling background has to be the stupidest thing i have ever heard What about the P4P number wasnt that a huge risk for volk?? Volk was the one that challenged islam Islam didnt challenge volk e didnt risk he agreed

Hey ausies volk is a awesome fighter so don't feel bad but The champ has still *a name and a religion* = *Islam* p4p King *Makhachev*

Yes both showed a lot of class

But islaam now best fighter in the world

Islam fans annoying af

Not really

@@natertotgaming1246 very humble indeed

Why do these comments feel so fake and cliche? It feels like a bot typed it!

@@username-hs3pc because you're used to the negative vibes comments on twitter

Yeah I'm sure kids will look up to these guys and one day dream about thumping the head off another man.. so inspirational.

@@username-hs3pccuz you are a stupid bot yourself

@@gridone769 hey son here this is islam. be islam. tell your friends. islam is the way.

LMAO you nailed it!

LOL its Rabotai Rabotai Da Da!! (I am Russian)

@@jeremy745 haha am not russian mate sorry !! but i tried lol

U killed it bro🤜

🤣🤣

You don’t have to be Muslim to support him bro what 😂

Same you don’t have to be muslim I just respect them because they live life humbleness and brotherhood