UFC-ийн аваргууд ирэх хугацаанд Дагестанд хамтдаа бэлтгэл хийж, цагийг өнгөрүүлэхээр төлөвлөж байна.
Александр Волкановски 2023 онд UFC 284 тэмцээний хүрээнд Ислам Махачевтай хөнгөн жингийн аваргын бүсний төлөө тулалдсан билээ. Хэдийгээр тус тулаанд шүүгчдийн шийдвэрээр ялагдсан ч уг барилдаан нь тухайн оны шилдэг тулаанаар нэрлэгдэж, техникийн ур чадварын хувьд түүхэн дэх хамгийн өндөр түвшний тулаануудын нэгд тооцогддог. Волкановски өөрийнх нь барилдааны арга барилыг Махачев шиг өндөр түвшинд эсэргүүцсэн өрсөлдөгч урьд өмнө байгаагүйг онцлон тэмдэглэжээ.
Тэрээр тулааны үеэр өрнөсөн тактикийн өрсөлдөөнийг дурсахдаа, тэдний хооронд үүссэн техникийн гүнзгий ойлголцол нь ховор тохиолдох үзэгдэл гэв. Түүний хэлснээр, Махачев өөрийнх нь хамгаалалтын олон давхаргыг нэвтэлж, эсрэг мэх бүрт хариу арга хэмжээ авч байсан нь тулааныг илүү сонирхолтой болгосон байна. Хоёр тамирчин бие биенийхээ ур чадварыг өндрөөр үнэлдэг бөгөөд энэхүү тулаан нь хожим судлаачид болон сонирхогчдын хувьд техникийн гайхамшгийг харуулсан жишиг болон үлдэх юм.
Хожим 2023 оны аравдугаар сард UFC 294 тэмцээний хүрээнд болсон хариу тулаанд Ислам Махачев эхний раундад нокаутаар ялалт байгуулсан. Гэсэн хэдий ч тамирчид хоорондоо ямар нэгэн өс хонзонгийн асуудалгүй бөгөөд харин ч хамтын ажиллагаагаа үргэлжлүүлэхээр төлөвлөж байна. Волкановски удахгүй Дагестанд очиж, Махачевтай хамт хоёр, гурван долоо хоногийн турш бэлтгэл хийх, ан агнуур болон хоол хийх зэрэг үйл ажиллагаанд оролцохоор төлөвлөж байгаагаа хуваалцлаа.
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Islam Makhachev and Alexander Volkanovski | (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
Alexander Volkanovski has nothing but respect for Islam Makhachev.
In 2023, Volkanovski challenged Makhachev for the lightweight title at UFC 284. Though Volkanovski lost a decision that night, the fight won Fight of the Year and is widely regarded as one of the best fights of all time for its technical mastery. Since then, both men have routinely complimented each other for bringing out the best in themselves, with Makhachev crediting Volkanovski as one of his toughest fights.
Speaking with Kris Fade recently, Volkanovski echoed those sentiments and explained why he is so fond of their first fight, despite losing.
“I’ve heard him mention that, and I’ve mentioned it,” Volkanovski said. “I loved that first fight so much because of — like, it’s weird, because I’m saying I love it as if it was easy. No, it wasn’t easy. What I loved about it was, no one had ever taken me that far when it comes to techniques.
“Takedown defense is my thing. I’m pretty hard to hold down. I’ve got a lot of my own cool little tricks. A lot of times I don’t ever get to use all of them. So I might have an answer — someone does something great, and I’ll have an answer; we might only go two or three layers deep, but he took me three, four layers deep. He’d have a counter to this, then I would go there, and he would go there.
“So just for us to have such a technical fight — which I’m telling you, further down the track, people can study that and look deep into it, and be like, ‘Well, look at this, look at that!’ If they really start studying some of that stuff, they can see some magic techniques in there, and fundamentals. The understanding of the game that we both had is something that it’s going to be hard to get two athletes with that type of knowledge putting it all on the line like we did.
“So I think that’s why we both really appreciated what we got out of each other. And again, I’ve got nothing but respect for him.”
Makhachev and Volkanovski rematched in October of 2023, a short-notice fight at UFC 294 that Makhachev won by first-round knockout. But Volkanovski doesn’t begrudge Makhachev at all, and says he and his rival are planning to spend some time together in Dagestan soon.
“We are [going to Dagestan],” Volkanovski said. “It won’t be two or three years. I was like, ‘Maybe a few days,’ and he said, ‘That’s not long enough. Two-three weeks. Let’s go two-three weeks.’ So we’ll definitely do that. Obviously we’ll get some training in; we’ll do the cooking stuff, but even hunting. He does horseback hunting. Hunting on horseback. And I’m just like, wow!
“We’ve done some cooking together. I love all that stuff. I love the content that we can get, and that’s just next level. So I can’t wait to go and do that with him.”
