Even just my basics are so effective against a guy like Max Holloway. — Alexander Volkanovski Copy Share Image
When it comes to power, we know I got power, and we know I can wrestle. — Alexander Volkanovski Copy Share Image
I said as soon as I got the belt, I want number one contenders. — Alexander Volkanovski Copy Share Image
If I want to be the GOAT, I've got to take out No. 1 contenders. — Alexander Volkanovski Copy Share Image
Anyone that's watched my career knows that I finish fights and that I'm one scary dude to be in the cage with. — Alexander Volkanovski Copy Share Image
Max is a true champion. I enjoy watching him fight but I want to get that fight. I want it. — Alexander Volkanovski Copy Share Image
I want to take on fighters like Jeremy Stephens, Andre Fili... get ourselves into the Octagon and see if these guys can… — Alexander Volkanovski Copy Share Image
Khabib is one of the GOATs as well. Nothing but respect for the dude. But I'm very, very hard to hold down. — Alexander Volkanovski Copy Share Image
Being in UFC is a great promotion for me because I have more fans from all over Australia. — Alexander Volkanovski Copy Share Image
I used to wrestle when I was younger. It was soccer, wrestling, rugby league and now MMA. — Alexander Volkanovski Copy Share Image
I didn't think I could make the NRL, but I was confident in myself that I could make the UFC. — Alexander Volkanovski Copy Share Image
It's always an unreal feeling to get the win, but to get it in the UFC - especially on my debut -… — Alexander Volkanovski Copy Share Image
I've already took out the hardest guys in my division. Back to back we've got Chad Mendes, Aldo, and Max. Stylistically, they… — Alexander Volkanovski Copy Share Image
You know, people are always asking, 'What's your brand?' and, 'What are you all about?' Then you get other people saying, 'You… — Alexander Volkanovski Copy Share Image
I won't say too much but Conor McGregor, he likes to set a lot of traps. But they're things I would never… — Alexander Volkanovski Copy Share Image
Some people fight and stuff outside the cage, but I never liked that sort of thing. I just always wanted to do… — Alexander Volkanovski Copy Share Image
You know, martial arts is all about respect and discipline and it's always been about that. But again, people are starting to… — Alexander Volkanovski Copy Share Image
Nothing but respect to all the fighters that are in the UFC, but every single one of us wants to prove something.… — Alexander Volkanovski Copy Share Image
I wrestled before rugby league so I always had a pretty good wrestling background, a good base, and that helped with my… — Alexander Volkanovski Copy Share Image
There are no excuses in fighting. You can be playing a team sport and have a good game, and you can lose.… — Alexander Volkanovski Copy Share Image
A lot of times we're being portrayed as thugs, but anyone who really knows us understand that we work hard, we diet… — Alexander Volkanovski Copy Share Image
I could be sparring mates and you're meant to hit 'em, but we'll be sparring and usually I try and stop at… — Alexander Volkanovski Copy Share Image
I just really like ground and pound. The way I do it, it looks like I'm just throwing bombs, but there's some… — Alexander Volkanovski Copy Share Image
I made promises to myself and my family that I'd be in the UFC before my first daughter was born, that didn't… — Alexander Volkanovski Copy Share Image
When Elkins came forward I was absolutely ecstatic. It's a massive fight. Realistically he doesn't need to take this fight, but he… — Alexander Volkanovski Copy Share Image
I played rugby league, I probably played for about 10 years I think, and I wrestled before then. I did about a… — Alexander Volkanovski Copy Share Image
I've always loved UFC. I watched it back since the days it wasn't big in Australia at all, and you had to… — Alexander Volkanovski Copy Share Image
I believe I'm a similar style to Khabib when it comes to the ground and stuff, but I believe I've got a… — Alexander Volkanovski Copy Share Image
I think a knockout over Elkins will really put me on the radar internationally. — Alexander Volkanovski Copy Share Image
I was never planning on just making the UFC, I was always planning to be champion. — Alexander Volkanovski Copy Share Image
I've pictured myself fighting a whole bunch of people. Not only the Max Holloway, but also Conor, Cejudo, Korean Zombie, even Khabib… — Alexander Volkanovski Copy Share Image
When it comes to strength, I reckon pound for pound I'm one of the strongest in the whole UFC. — Alexander Volkanovski Copy Share Image
I was never planning on just making the UFC, I was always planning to be champion. — Alexander Volkanovski Copy Share
My last year of football I started having a couple of MMA fights, and bringing the weight down. It started in the pre-season of… — Alexander Volkanovski Copy Share
I didn't think I could make the NRL, but I was confident in myself that I could make the UFC. — Alexander Volkanovski Copy Share
I like to stay active. I'm one of the champions chasing the contenders. — Alexander Volkanovski Copy Share
I had bad back injuries; two bulging discs and a broken fragment off a disc, all in my sciatic nerve. — Alexander Volkanovski Copy Share
It's one of the things that I tend to do, make the right decision, right time, and get the right reactions and capitalize on… — Alexander Volkanovski Copy Share
I'm a freak when it comes to holding on the ground; it's just almost impossible holding me on the ground. — Alexander Volkanovski Copy Share
