<\/div>\n\u201cEmma was sitting next to me so I handed her Reign,\u201d said the current father of three daughters.<\/p>\n
“Then Ash started by saying ‘you’re not going to believe this’… but then he said ‘you’re not going to worry about it but I have to do my job’.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s like it\u2019s not going to happen.<\/p>\n
“But within seconds we thought ‘we’re going to do it’…”<\/p>\n
From there, there was a quick call to coach Joe Lopez, who was out of the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd he said OK,\u201d the champion continued. <\/p>\n
\u201cSo I called Ask back, told him we were here, and then he went and did his part, talked to Hunter (Campbell, UFC business director) while I was rallying the troops for camp.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat afternoon we had a combat simulator.<\/p>\n
\u201cI contacted the guys and they were there for the combat simulator.\u201d<\/p>\n
Was there anyone who said not to do it?<\/p>\n
\u201cNot really,\u201d Volkanovski said.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously people will always play devil’s advocate, for example making sure their salary is good and so on.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut everyone is excited.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s something that makes them smile a lot.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo one seemed nervous.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are all excited, just like me.<\/p>\n
“A lot of people might ask, ‘What are you doing?’ but we are all excited.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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