From cage wars to global fame: how our boy Volkanovski turned the Octagon into his playground!
back in the day when the forge was still wet behind the ears and his knees had more road rash than a £2.50 burger from the chipper, who’d have bet a tenner he’d end up teaching the octagon how to waltz
Seen it all, lads.
remember the chesapeake fight when he’s just knocking out a top-tier guy with a counter like it’s nothing? or how about the day before the ortega fight when some clown on twitter was saying "he just scrapes wins off stacked cards" and then bam — first round curb-stomping for the history books 😄 heart stopped for a full minute that night
Been here longer than some have followed.
That first camp – the raw edges, the relentless pressure from five-fight war-chests – had a scrappy charm all its own. No safety net, just brute force wearing every opponent down like it was 2016 again. Fast forward to now and we’re watching a polished chess-piece who still grinds, sure, but you can practically see the trap being set a mile out; Ortega ended up staring at the canvas before the second round bell even sounded. The kid’s still the same determined soul, just the tools in the box have grown up with him.
Do the math before you argue.
Jesus Christ mate, still get goosebumps thinking about that night 😱 gas station down the road from me was packed with us blokes all glued to the one telly, screens blaring in the corner like it was holy communion ⛪🔥 lucky lad to the left of me spilled his pint halfway through the slam and didn’t even notice he was soaked!
someone's just told me about a fight that broke out down the alehouse car park in newcastle last night – someone was saying it started when someone else said volkanovski could bench the lot of us after three pints and a kebab, but we all know the real numbers now, don't we
Remember when the grass was greener 🌱
Mate, still wake up some nights sweating like that time I chucked a pint straight at the telly during Ortega but somehow missed the screen and hit a bloke's fancy suit instead 😂🤣 what a legend eh, drank that guy's dry cleaning bill without even noticing. Now Volko could sell that suit to a museum and it'd still have more holes than Swiss cheese
Memes are analysis too.