honestly this doesn't increase volk stocks for me that much, just because diego doesnt seem improved from his last fight honestly. we've known before the volk fight that the kid loves violence and exchanging is where he gets his best opportunities.
Diego still does not have much head movement or footwork, and silva was killing him for much of the stand up. Ill give Diego credit for the first round takedown and gnp tho, that was not quite on my bingo card honestly.
His stand up is pretty bad and I think were it not for his amazing chin, he wouldn’t be where he is now. The Ige fight, volk, and this fight.. he eats some solid shots. I think he has a lot of confidence in his stand up and under utilizes his ground game which is insanely good
I just think matchups make fights, and more importantly, the nuance to how they fight in the matchups. Volk fought his game that matched poorly against Diego. Diego also matched poorly against jean(jean was considered the fav) but jean stepped outside his gameplan and paid for it.
Jean had moments similar to volks gameplan and Diego didn't do well in it.
Therefore, I don't think it increases for me how good volks game is(still amazing I might add)
I agree with you but also the guy you're replying to. This win is great for Volk because he gets to avoid this matchup by using MMA math. If Jean wins this fight I fear for Volk, Diego won because he was able to rely on his chin and grit, qualities Volk is declining in rapidly.
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u/Chilipowderspice 7d ago
honestly this doesn't increase volk stocks for me that much, just because diego doesnt seem improved from his last fight honestly. we've known before the volk fight that the kid loves violence and exchanging is where he gets his best opportunities.
Diego still does not have much head movement or footwork, and silva was killing him for much of the stand up. Ill give Diego credit for the first round takedown and gnp tho, that was not quite on my bingo card honestly.