Alexander Volkanovski

I'm an easy champion to understand.

— Alexander Volkanovski

I like to throw bombs.

— Alexander Volkanovski

I want these ranked opponents.

— Alexander Volkanovski

I always prepare for the worst.

— Alexander Volkanovski

My right-hand hit is my favourite.

— Alexander Volkanovski

Styles make fights.

— Alexander Volkanovski

I ain't scared of nobody.

— Alexander Volkanovski

I've always been a sort of goer.

— Alexander Volkanovski

I've never been here to simply compete.

— Alexander Volkanovski

When I'm training; I'm prepared for anything.

— Alexander Volkanovski

Ground and pound is my thing, everyone knows that.

— Alexander Volkanovski

People are going to give me the respect I deserve.

— Alexander Volkanovski

I know how to find my way into the takedown.

— Alexander Volkanovski

I want to fight on home soil in Perth.

— Alexander Volkanovski

I've always been a respectful kind of guy.

— Alexander Volkanovski

When it comes to pace, we know that I don't have a problem.

— Alexander Volkanovski

My father is from the village of Beranci, Macedonia, and my mother is from Greece.

— Alexander Volkanovski

I know I can go for days. I've proved this time and time again, against grinders.

— Alexander Volkanovski

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

I had bad back injuries; two bulging discs and a broken fragment off a disc, all in my sciatic nerve.

— Alexander Volkanovski

I literally cringe every time I see someone trying to trash talk. Some people just don't have it and they try, and…

— Alexander Volkanovski

Fighters now, they think you have to trash talk to be marketable. Yet so much of what they're saying, it bores me.

— Alexander Volkanovski

Being in UFC is a great promotion for me because I have more fans from all over Australia.

— Alexander Volkanovski

I'm actually comfortable a little bit out of range as well. I like to pick my times when to come in. I'm…

— Alexander Volkanovski

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

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

As I get better competition, I guarantee that more finishes are gonna come, because I'll really get to use more of my…

— Alexander Volkanovski

My last year of football I started having a couple of MMA fights, and bringing the weight down. It started in the…

— Alexander Volkanovski

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

One of my biggest fan bases is probably Macedonians, they always get behind me. They're always hitting me up on Facebook speaking…

— Alexander Volkanovski

With all my fights, my style is to pretty much put a beating on. I don't exactly like hurting people, but unfortunately…

— Alexander Volkanovski

I wrestled before rugby league so I always had a pretty good wrestling background, a good base, and that helped with my…

— Alexander Volkanovski

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

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

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

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

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

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

I played rugby league, I probably played for about 10 years I think, and I wrestled before then. I did about a…

— Alexander Volkanovski

I ain't no easy fight for anyone.

— Alexander Volkanovski