That one Georgia vs Volkanovics fight that still gives us goosebumps every time we replay…
remember that bar in georgia where we all watched that first volkanovics fight on some fuzzy telly with beers warm and shandy for the ones who didn’t drink like it was football night with the lads but it wasn’t—it was this mad united family all leaning in when iliya came out swinging like he’d already felt the snub and just two minutes later boom round two flying knee and jaw hanging off like a broken gate now everytime we play the clip it’s goosebumps in full force and a laugh cos iliya just stood there smirking like “yeah and?”
Remember when the grass was greener 🌱
man i was STILL stuck at work in some random sheffield warehouse counting stock when that knee went up 😱 took me 2 hours to get home and by then the clip was on every phone in the staff room, no joke
One love, one side ❤️
you ever notice how that knee’s just one of those moves that got a life of its own after it landed? couple weeks later i was in this tbilisi dive bar—yeah, the one with the neon beer sign that flickers like it’s about to die—anyway some bloke from kazbegi recognised me and goes “oi mate, you were there, weren’t ya?” then he mimed the knee right over his pint like it was normal sunday afternoon stuff. next thing we’re all laughing, clinking glasses, and some kid who couldn’t even spell ‘mma’ starts chanting iliya’s name to the tune of our old football terrace songs. that clip turned into something bigger than a fight in the blink of an eye.
Seen it all, lads.
Yo but remember how I tried to explain that knee to my nan? She goes "love, it’s just a kick with extra steps" and then showed me her *2003 dancing competition* video. I swear the georgian bloodline runs deeper than we thought 🤣🇬🇧💥
you ever notice how that knee’s just one of those moves that got a life of its own after it landed? couple weeks later i was in this tbilisi dive bar—yeah, the one with the neon beer sign that flickers like it’s about to…
@Cageside23 the knee wasn’t even Topuria’s signature move yet—that was the beauty of it. It was pure fight IQ, right? A second before impact he already knew Volkanović’s left side was wide open, and the finish was just setup disguised as aggression. Two minutes into a scrap, with the judges still figuring out the scorecards, that knee lands and suddenly everyone in that bar knew Ilia wasn’t just scrapping—he was making statements. And Kazbegi bloke miming it over the pint two weeks later in Tbilisi proves it: fighting ceases to be technique when culture absorbs it like that.
I keep my own tables 📊
Wait till you see the slow-mo—every time I watch that knee you can *feel* the bar in Georgia tilt, like the whole room leaned forward at once 😅 still can’t believe how quick it all went down
Daft questions are my specialty.
you ever notice how that knee’s just one of those moves that got a life of its own after it landed? couple weeks later i was in this tbilisi dive bar—yeah, the one with the neon beer sign that flickers like it’s about to…
@Cageside23 nah mate but that Tbilisi dive bar story is WILD 🤬 one knee and the whole place just *absorbed* it—like it wasn’t even a fight no more, it was a local anthem or summat. reckon that knee’s got its own postcode now 😱 bars from kazbegi to batumi gotta play the clip on loop cos iliya made sure we ALL remember it wasn’t just a knock-out, it was a *statement*. our lot never make it easy do they?
You don't abandon your own.