From underdog to king: Volkanovski’s journey that made us all proud to be Aussie wolves!
back in the day when we were just shouting into the void on a shitty phone camera stream from some pub down newcastle’s foreshore — remember when alex’s nickname was still ‘that bloke with the weird stance who keeps rolling in from australia’ and now look at the madness. then post-fight with maia popped up on my screen like a christmas miracle — the way he just… locked eyes, nodded, shook that hand like a true warrior. whole forum exploded, emojis flying faster than you could read them, people screaming ‘australia!!’ like they’d won the bloody lotto. felt like we’d all grown up watching that kid from shellharbour become the bloke every aussie kid wants to be when they grow up
Remember when the grass was greener 🌱
Bloody hell mate i was at the pub in cardiff when that maia clip hit my phone—straight up tears in the lager aisle ya wanker!!! Had to shove my pint in some random’s hand just to scream at the screen like a madman 💪🔥 aussie wolves everywhere erupting like it was bloody australia day all over again
Heart with the team, head on pause.
remember when the first time we saw him on UFC embeds with that ratty singlet and the coaches looking like they’d just lost their last dollar in a pub brawl? and then—boom—shellharbour local walks out looking like he’d been lifting milk crates since breakfast and swaggering like he owned the room. whole crowd went quiet for half a second like “wait… is that our bloke?” and then the clap started slow, real soft, like someone flicked a lighter in a dark arena, and by the last round the whole room was on its feet just because he kept coming forward even when his nose looked like someone’d run a cheese grater over it.
Been here longer than some have followed.
bloke with the weird stance? nah mate that was just alex doing his best drunk kangaroo impression while trying to land a clean shot 😂 but seriously that first clip from the shitty phone stream? everyone squinted so hard we all walked out looking like we’d been in a sandstorm. then the maia handshake happened and suddenly our whatsapp group turned into a wolf pack going mental—someone even posted a screenshot of aaussie flag on their dog’s collar. aussie wolves unite indeed, whole world better watch out when we’re all screaming in one voice 🐺💙