After being out of motion for over a 12 months, Alexander Volkanovski made his return to the octagon at UFC 314. “The Nice” locked horns towards Diego Lopes for the vacant featherweight title. The bout headlined the struggle card, which was held on April 12 on the Kaseya Heart in Miami, FL.
The struggle was an thrilling affair that went the five-round distance and ended with the Australian getting his hand raised through unanimous choice. The three judges scored the competition 48-47, 49-46, and 49-46 in favor of Volkanovski.
Eugene Bareman Speaks About Alexander Volkanovski’s Mid-Battle Damage at UFC 314
MMA coach Eugene Bareman was part of Volkanovski’s nook group at UFC 314. Bareman just lately did an interview with “Submission Radio,” the place he was requested whether or not he knew a couple of potential hand harm suffered by Volkanovski within the early rounds of the featherweight title struggle.
The MMA coach responded by saying that “The Nice” knew higher than to say an harm to Bareman in the midst of a struggle.
“[Volkanovski] is aware of to not point out any damaged fingers to me,” stated Bareman.
The coach then went on to share a narrative about Volkanovski breaking his hand in a struggle towards Yair Rodriguez at UFC 290 and the way his nook responded when the featherweight talked about the harm to them.
“Humorous sufficient, I forgot a couple of story that [Volkanovski] advised me in Miami. You understand, [Volkanovski], within the Yair [Rodriguez] struggle, broke his hand,” shared Bareman.
“And he advised us within the second spherical, he checked out me and stated, ‘I broke my hand.’ And I didn’t say something. And Joe [Lopez] didn’t say something. No one stated something. So he simply thought, ‘Oh properly, you guys didn’t hear me.’ So, then he comes again within the third spherical and he’s like, ‘Hey guys, I broke my hand.’ After which I simply paused and I seemed him within the eye and stated, ‘When you point out that f***ing hand once more, I’m gonna knock you out.’
“That was simply me letting him know that, ‘What would you like me to do? What do you wanna do about it? What can we do about it? That doesn’t exist, brother. A damaged hand doesn’t exist.’ So, that was a extremely useful lesson discovered, you already know, maybe within the Yair struggle.”
Bareman then added that Volkanovski’s expertise towards Rodriguez helped him be taught to not point out an harm mid-fight, and he didn’t repeat the incident within the conflict towards Lopes.
“Didn’t even know, didn’t even point out it,” shared the MMA coach. “And good on him, that’s what an actual fighter does. That’s what a champion does. He fights by way of that form of adversity.”
