video, highlights, Islam Makhachev vs Alexander Volkanovski 2, Hasbulla, fight card, Kamaru Usman vs Khamzat Chimaev\u060c<\/p>\n
Alexander Volkanovski took the stage here in Abu Dhabi wearing a black t-shirt covered in growling dogs and a schmick gold necklace referencing the same.<\/p>\n
Not that you can see it at first.<\/p>\n
But isn\u2019t that the best thing about the Australian king of cage fighting?<\/p>\n
A guy whose true strengths have always been largely internal.<\/p>\n
Invisible.<\/p>\n
Which is why, halfway through that press conference to sell a UFC 294 headliner that he took on 11 days’ notice \u2014 and with the odds stacked against him \u2014 Volk suddenly flipped that large gold pendant that often hangs on his chest for the main sponsor. , Prime. <\/p>\n
A bauble which, offered by none other than Logan Paul, now bears a new word in big letters on the back\u2026 man<\/a>.<\/p>\n UFC 294: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski<\/a> 2 | SUN 22 OCT 5am AEDT | Order now with the Main Event on Kayo Sports<\/b><\/p>\n Volk takes little time in his stride | 02:37<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know, if you can see that,\u201d the champion shouted across the stage to Dagestani bogeyman Islam Makhachev<\/a>, his rival this Sunday.<\/p>\n A fighter too, who not only holds the UFC lightweight crown, but also a victory over Volkanovski in their last meeting in February of this year.<\/p>\n Which, for Volk, as for the myriad other obstacles, doesn’t matter.<\/p>\n \u201cI have my back,\u201d the Australian shouted, walking away as the boos began to rain down. “Everytime.”<\/p>\n Which may have been the most fitting moment in a press conference where these two UFC champions delved into everything from paychecks to rehydration clauses to who exactly was knocking out who.<\/p>\n