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An emotional Alexander Volkanovski fought back tears as he revealed his mental health struggles in the aftermath of his loss to Islam Makhachev at UFC 294. The Australian admitted it may have been a silly decision to take the fight on just 11 days’ notice after he was brutally knocked out in the first round.
Volkanovski fights back tears as he reveals mental struggles. Despite the nature of the defeat, the 35-year-old urged the UFC to keep him busy and he wants to make a featherweight title defence against rising star Ilia Tuporia in three months’ time. Unlike their first fight in Perth last February, when he lost a close decision to Makhachev, Volkanovski never got going on Saturday night after stepping in as a late replacement for the injured former lightweight champion Charles Oliveira.
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