Alex Volkanovski speaks about the mental strain of downtime as his Russian opponent pays him high praise after brutal TKO.
Alexander Volkanovski's audacious bid to win a UFC lightweight title on less than two weeks' notice has failed as he was spectacularly knocked out by champion Islam Makhachev in the first round of their rematch in Abu Dhabi.
"It's hard, I don't like losing. It hurts me, but he's a great champion," UFC featherweight champion Volkanovski said. "But I want to say thank you to this guy, he's a real champion. I told you you have to turn off the lights to defeat this guy." However, Chimaev, who is expected to challenge middleweight champion Sean Strickland, thought he might have suffered a broken hand during the bout.Sports content to make you think... or allow you not to. A newsletter delivered each Friday.
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