Islam Makhachev Octagon Interview | UFC 284

Islam Makhachev walks out of Perth the UFC lightweight champion and pound-for-pound king, defeating Alexander Volkanovski by unanimous decision.

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[thefitnesscoach]

Volkanovski telling the crowd to lower the booing shows you what a man he is! What a fight that was, both these guys are absolute beasts!

[PeterGriffingigity]

Theres no way Islam looked that good on the feet and Alex looked that good on the ground, what a sport this is

[kouleeofficial]

Damn, Volk moved up a weight class and gave the champ the most issues he ever had. This is what a real warrior does.

[hasnainchariwala]

Islam needed this type of experience to grow as a fighter and develop his own Fight IQ. First title defence, Khabib not in his corner, away crowd and fighting arguably the best fighter in the world is a lot of pressure and he held up very well. He is going to learn a lot from this fight and the next time we see him in the octagon he is going to even better fighter.

[Cuddyface]

Heart was racing the whole fight. What a fight by both champions

[alex__]

So much respect to both men. Gave all of us an absolute show. Alex is a madman & a complete legend. Islam got his first war & handled it well, especially in front of that crowd!

[horologyenthusiast]

Volk asking his crowd not to boo is just world class sportsmanship.. love em both!

[omermuhammet]

Massive respect for Islam
He was in the biggest moment in his life and still he remembered people in Syria and Turkey suffering from the devastating earthquake.
Thank you p4p king Islam

[aaagt]

100% respect to Volkanovski, not 0.1% less. One of my most favourite fighters now.

[mrchurr]

Volk trying to quiet down the crowd booing Islam 1:09 ! What a man. So much respect

[jin]

The respect that carried through this entire promotion and fight was amazing. So refreshing to see. What the sport is all about.

[alishehzadpaul]

One of the best fights ever! Here's my analysis:
R1 and 4: Islam. R3 and 5: Volk.
R2 was very close, but overall I think Islam won with a close margin.

Hats off to Volk for such an amazing wrestling defense. Finally someone showed they had the answer for the dagistani wrestling. And his mentality, body language and mind games throughout the fight were superior too. But people are not talking about Islam's striking. He dominated the standup most of the times with some amazing shots, which should ideally be Volk's area of expertize.

Amazing fight and love to see them fight some time in future. P.S. Electric Aussie crowd made it even better. Although they could've been a little easier on Islam with those Boos after the win :)

[iGreenShorts]

This fight was even better then expected. Islams striking was phenomenal and volks TD defense was def shown

[raiter]

Damn Volk was even calming down the crowd what a legend.

[ssbeastamv]

Real respect for Islam for saying he wants to improve and get even better. I had 3-2 Islam but man Volk is an absolute monster, and super humble. Fight of the year.

[User-dk]

After watching this fight I realised Islam's striking is on another level. That is why coach Javier Mendez said he is the most complete fighter in the world right now. And the best active fighter of course🔥🔥 Agree or not?

[Unknownguy-]

Islam mentioned syria and turkey that touched my heart what a great person he is ❤️
Love from Pakistan ❤️

[bhatburhan]

He also mentioned syria 🇸🇾 and turkey 🇹🇷😓... What a man 💪

[zakisensei]

After rewatching the fight it’s clear islam won 1, 2, 4
Round 3 was super close
But Volk won round 5 and ended the last minute dominantly

I think the reason why people think volk won because they expected Islam to dominate and Volk to get dominated
Yet in reality it was a close fight with Islam winning overall

[Cyberpunk]

All respect to these two showing us what the sport is about. Two of the best doing their best!