The more Australian fighters rewatch Makhachev vs Volkanovski fight, the more they are confirmed that Volkanovski was robbed. I find it funny to see that Alex first admitted his loss and said it was a nice test of himself, but not he is 100% sure that he has won and now wants to punish Makhachev for robbery and cheating (the picture of Makhchevs pumped vein has gone viral already). Why didnt he punish Makhachev during the fight then? It might sound that I am defending Makhachev, but actually I vote for truth and sports behaviour. If you think you are the best, prove it with first attempt, but not after multiple tries.
The more I watch it, the more I feel he was unlucky not to get the win. Out struck Makhachev, landed the more significant shots, including dropping Islam. Then, Islam gets a few takedowns, and doesn't do anything with them. Most of his control time came from the one round, where Volk was not in trouble one bit, and in fact did more damage while being mounted from the back than Islam did. Islam didn't even threaten submissions, so the control time shouldn't been mitigated due to the fact of not offering anything, other than getting punched in the face. Then, Volk gets some control time, and actually does damage with it. I had him up 3-2, and I thought those rounds were fairly convincing by him. I can see why he feels hard done by, and apparently Islam was saying in his corner he wants the rematch, and looking back at the announcement of the winner, you can see Islam isn't really expecting his name to be called.
I think most people who goes, and watches that back without much bias will see Volk winning the fight.
I hope not.
