Joe Lopez has taken a visit down reminiscence lane to inform the story of Alex Volkanovski submitting a heavyweight in sparring.
It’s been well-documented for some time now that Alex Volkanovski is the pound-for-pound greatest fighter on the planet. The featherweight king has dominated over his division for few years now and at UFC 284, he’ll try to maneuver up and conquer light-weight.
He’ll accomplish that alongside Joe Lopez, his head coach, who has been there each step of the best way in his development.
Alex’s combined martial arts journey started when he was nonetheless participating in different sports activities. As such, no one actually knew what his ceiling was.
In a latest interview with Submission Radio, Lopez advised an excellent story that showcased simply how good Volkanovski was.
“We had an open sparring session and he [Volkanovski] got here to the open sparring session and I at all times keep in mind, I had a heavyweight that had a few fights, and there was a younger heavyweight from the world who, you already know, had, I feel 5-0 file. And, you already know, was searching for, you already know, he was the subsequent smartest thing. And I keep in mind I used to be taping the gloves up on my heavyweight, and Alex [Volkanovski] was already gloved up, and the opposite man’s coach threw him into the cage… I used to be making an attempt to run the cage to cease it however this spar had began.”
Volkanovski prepares for battle
“I wished to have the skilled guys to have a go first earlier than I put Alex in. As a result of it was his [Volkanovski] first spar, you already know. And subsequent minute Alex [Volkanovski] has submitted this man.”
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