LoL this is soo funny cause Volkov said Sergei is his friend and that he had no choice but to fight him because “Sergei signed the contract.”
UFC breaking friendships, they probably called Volkov’s team and said Sergei already signed and did the same to Sergei’s. 😆
So the ufc really did try to put them together ? I always thought the reason khabib never got his 30th fight is because ufc was too proud to let it be against gsp
GSP said in an interview that UFC approached him and said Khabib had signed the papers for their fight. At the time, GSP had retired ,he even contemplated coming out of retirement for this fight. But, Having worked with the UFC for a long time, He knew there dirty tactic, so he declined.
There were occasions where one part wanted the fight to happen and the other didn't, this is the first time I hear of the UFC being the part that wanted it tbh
It's possible this is how he mentally prepares to fight a friend. Maybe he's not so much angry at Volkov as he just needs to not like him right now.
Or maybe you're completely right because the UFC is a bunch of scumbags and your story is plausible.
I just remember situations like Usman getting more worked up against Burns than anyone else then got super emotional after he KO'd him. He needed to hate his friend in order to fight him.
Michael Jordan would talk himself into having beef with his opponents. He’d convince himself player X said some shit about his mom and he said that’d motivate him to play like crazy.
ah yeah obviously I don't actually know if sergei is mad at him but just from this clip it kinda seemed he was annoyed or surprised that volkov signed the fight first and is using it as a reason to not care about them previously being sparring partners.
Nah, the translator did a bad job. Sergei didn't say the opposing team signed contract FIRST, he's just said they signed a contract, and it changed the relationship from friends or aquiatences to opponents.
I'm sure there's zero beef or whatever between these two.
It seems super easy to not get duped like this if it was actually a friend.
“hey bud ufc said you signed to fight me?”
“Yea cause they said you already signed to fight me”
“Oh no I didn’t.”
“Oh wow they are trying to trick us. I’ll call and tell them it’s off”
That’s a good point. It wouldn’t be surprising with all of the other shady business the UFC does.. “what can we do to get these guys to sign a contract…. I know! We offer them a 20k bonus, some venom coupons, a lifetime subscription for fight pass, and we call their teams and fucking lie!”
At this point, if I’m a fighter, I’d be trying to get the personal phone number of every fighter in my divisions just so I could call them and confirm.
it was a bad translation, Sergei didn't mentioned "first" at all, he just said that their (Volkov's) team signed the contract and that changes the dynamic, he used term "everything" but it feels like it's not hard everything just the attitude for the upcoming bout
Although i read some comments that Sergei expressed he never expected to fight Volvkov unless it's for the title, so maybe it's actually everything i dunno
He seems rather upset at Volkov for signing the contract. Apparently they made an agreement that they'd never fight unless it's for a title(he said this in the interview). Volkov signed it, now he had no choice.
Volkov I think came out with a statement that he had no choice in signing the contract. He captioned a post of the fight with "when the prank goes too far".
What kind of evidence is that post?
Dude, everyone already realized that Dana signed the contract for both. Period.
https://youtube.com/shorts/O1QxWemQNZ8?si=UeIoxw9ODJVbUaaR
Kinda makes me sad tbh, Gane clearly never had an issue with Francis and seemed pretty bothered bt Francis ignoring him.
Complicated situation unfortunately
There's some nuance lost in translation. If you are a hard russian dude, you call only the closest friends "friends". Volkov says in an interview something along the lines of "I only call 2-3 people friends, and Sergei is more of a colleague", which Pavlovich meant exactly that.
Also the "it changes everything" refers to the fact that while he had an agreement with Volkov's team not to have a non-belt fight, he also mentioned that if they sign, he signs as well.
Sergei is just pissed that the fight doesn't make much sense to him, but there's much less drama than may seem
hunter: hey Alexander, Pavlovich said he wants to fight you
Volkov: uhh, sad but ok
hunter: Sirgay, Volkov said he is ok to fight you and signed the contract
Chadlovich: he signed contract? That changes everything.. I'll fight him then
hunter:
https://preview.redd.it/qzpjf5lhhq7d1.jpeg?width=238&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=56eb87380a6f066e436bac80e2d132075e2332a1
Pro fighting can get fucking weird.
In your typical office / blue collar / retail job, you generally have co-workers you are friendly with, but that friendship generally stays in the work place. You may hang out at work when on break, and even get along with each other in a way that is generally great. But despite that, you might never see each other outside of work. And there are guys at work who might be fucking pricks, but you will generally just go out of your way to avoid them.
But when you are a pro fighter, your workplace environment will include sparring partners, who may be future or past opponents. This means there is a bit of a duality to those professional relationships; on the one hand, you want to have a relaxed and friendly vibe with your sparring partners and help each other get better. On the other hand, for potential future opponents you might need to keep in mind that at some point you might need to beat the fuck out of each other. And for past opponents, you need to trust a person you may have hurt badly in a fight not not be carrying a grudge when doing high intensity drills.
END COMMUNICATION
LoL this is soo funny cause Volkov said Sergei is his friend and that he had no choice but to fight him because “Sergei signed the contract.” UFC breaking friendships, they probably called Volkov’s team and said Sergei already signed and did the same to Sergei’s. 😆
They tried to do that with khabib and gsp. They told gsp that khabib had signed the contract but gsp was smarter and didn't sign .
So the ufc really did try to put them together ? I always thought the reason khabib never got his 30th fight is because ufc was too proud to let it be against gsp
GSP said in an interview that UFC approached him and said Khabib had signed the papers for their fight. At the time, GSP had retired ,he even contemplated coming out of retirement for this fight. But, Having worked with the UFC for a long time, He knew there dirty tactic, so he declined.
Didn't Khabib say he wanted to fight GSP?
There were occasions where one part wanted the fight to happen and the other didn't, this is the first time I hear of the UFC being the part that wanted it tbh
I wonder if there's any rules about fighters contacting each other, seems like an obvious thing to do to avoid UFC shenanigans
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It's possible this is how he mentally prepares to fight a friend. Maybe he's not so much angry at Volkov as he just needs to not like him right now. Or maybe you're completely right because the UFC is a bunch of scumbags and your story is plausible. I just remember situations like Usman getting more worked up against Burns than anyone else then got super emotional after he KO'd him. He needed to hate his friend in order to fight him.
Michael Jordan would talk himself into having beef with his opponents. He’d convince himself player X said some shit about his mom and he said that’d motivate him to play like crazy.
You're attacking my family No sir I am not attacking your family however I need an ID before I am legally allowed to sell you this 6 pack of beer
Or Volkov has just been attacking Sergei’s family
What? Huh?
ah yeah obviously I don't actually know if sergei is mad at him but just from this clip it kinda seemed he was annoyed or surprised that volkov signed the fight first and is using it as a reason to not care about them previously being sparring partners.
Why do people here seem to think the UFC negotiates directly with the fighters? Rizvan Magodeov is Pavlovich's manager. His English is fine.
Funny how dana calls Ariel slimy and rat but is 1000000% times worse and actually has control over other peoples lives
Nah, the translator did a bad job. Sergei didn't say the opposing team signed contract FIRST, he's just said they signed a contract, and it changed the relationship from friends or aquiatences to opponents. I'm sure there's zero beef or whatever between these two.
Make senses, so no bad blood, just getting into the mindset that its just any other opponent
It seems super easy to not get duped like this if it was actually a friend. “hey bud ufc said you signed to fight me?” “Yea cause they said you already signed to fight me” “Oh no I didn’t.” “Oh wow they are trying to trick us. I’ll call and tell them it’s off”
Kinda hard to think that way when you're job is to get hit in the head for a living
That’s a good point. It wouldn’t be surprising with all of the other shady business the UFC does.. “what can we do to get these guys to sign a contract…. I know! We offer them a 20k bonus, some venom coupons, a lifetime subscription for fight pass, and we call their teams and fucking lie!”
They did this with porier and BSD.
At this point, if I’m a fighter, I’d be trying to get the personal phone number of every fighter in my divisions just so I could call them and confirm.
“Volkov and I were never friends. We were work associates” - Sergei White
Sergei White 🤣🤣
"I equate it to being gay" -Sergei White
Sergei Witte the Russian minister in the late 19th century.
Acquaintanances
I don’t know what it is about the Russian language but whenever they talk it seems like they are dropping hard facts
His deep voice and intimidating as fuck physique sure help.
guy could say 2+2=5 I’d say yes sir😂😂
Try saying NO to that polar bear
If it’s white: good night
Sounds plausible Sergei
Yeah this is more the reason lol.
They could tell me a bedtime story and it would sound like being read my rights
They do not tip toe around something or use filler words. Just straight to the point.
They’re just serious as fuck. I can’t believe aspinal knocked this guy out
Do u think Sergei could beat Jon Jones rn?
Yes
Did the other side really sign first or was it a UFC strategy to get both fighters to sign?
it was a bad translation, Sergei didn't mentioned "first" at all, he just said that their (Volkov's) team signed the contract and that changes the dynamic, he used term "everything" but it feels like it's not hard everything just the attitude for the upcoming bout Although i read some comments that Sergei expressed he never expected to fight Volvkov unless it's for the title, so maybe it's actually everything i dunno
He seems rather upset at Volkov for signing the contract. Apparently they made an agreement that they'd never fight unless it's for a title(he said this in the interview). Volkov signed it, now he had no choice.
Volkov I think came out with a statement that he had no choice in signing the contract. He captioned a post of the fight with "when the prank goes too far".
link?
https://www.instagram.com/p/C5oNs0Bx5DB/?igsh=dXN2eWFwZzFtbDA= Don't know where to find the statement about having no choice in the matter
What kind of evidence is that post? Dude, everyone already realized that Dana signed the contract for both. Period. https://youtube.com/shorts/O1QxWemQNZ8?si=UeIoxw9ODJVbUaaR
It's not, I said I couldn't find the statement from Volkov that he couldn't refuse the fight, the face off was after the comment
There was never no friendship
You're a fucken punk dude
That was a nasty line by me
That’s a cold line by Sergei sounds like Volkov is gonna catch some hands.
Kid just doesn't wanna be friends
Volkov is crying now. Are you happy Sergei??
hahaha this reminds me of gane vs ngannou where gane got cut when francis said they were never friends
Kinda makes me sad tbh, Gane clearly never had an issue with Francis and seemed pretty bothered bt Francis ignoring him. Complicated situation unfortunately
WHY DOES HE MAKE THAT FACE 😭😭😭😭
There's some nuance lost in translation. If you are a hard russian dude, you call only the closest friends "friends". Volkov says in an interview something along the lines of "I only call 2-3 people friends, and Sergei is more of a colleague", which Pavlovich meant exactly that. Also the "it changes everything" refers to the fact that while he had an agreement with Volkov's team not to have a non-belt fight, he also mentioned that if they sign, he signs as well. Sergei is just pissed that the fight doesn't make much sense to him, but there's much less drama than may seem
Are we gonna see a Dillashaw-Cody situation at heavyweight?
hunter: hey Alexander, Pavlovich said he wants to fight you Volkov: uhh, sad but ok hunter: Sirgay, Volkov said he is ok to fight you and signed the contract Chadlovich: he signed contract? That changes everything.. I'll fight him then hunter: https://preview.redd.it/qzpjf5lhhq7d1.jpeg?width=238&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=56eb87380a6f066e436bac80e2d132075e2332a1
War Sergei You see that little nod after he finished speaking? *and you can take that to the bank, bitch* 🤣🤣
There never was no friendship.
Pro fighting can get fucking weird. In your typical office / blue collar / retail job, you generally have co-workers you are friendly with, but that friendship generally stays in the work place. You may hang out at work when on break, and even get along with each other in a way that is generally great. But despite that, you might never see each other outside of work. And there are guys at work who might be fucking pricks, but you will generally just go out of your way to avoid them. But when you are a pro fighter, your workplace environment will include sparring partners, who may be future or past opponents. This means there is a bit of a duality to those professional relationships; on the one hand, you want to have a relaxed and friendly vibe with your sparring partners and help each other get better. On the other hand, for potential future opponents you might need to keep in mind that at some point you might need to beat the fuck out of each other. And for past opponents, you need to trust a person you may have hurt badly in a fight not not be carrying a grudge when doing high intensity drills. END COMMUNICATION
Hope Volkov wins this, and quickly.
Why
Because I'm a Volkov supporter and I'd like to see him working his way into a title fight
hes so old tho. Hes had some losses.
He's not that old. Especially for a HW, he always was at 1 win of a title opportunity. I hope it's his time now
Don’t make me pick between who I like more.
Cold
so Pav round 1 KO?
Damn mad Sergey new mythical fighter
They look the same
UFC = Ultimate Friendship Crusher
Where are you guys watching this lol
on PPV ofcourse Dana
STITCH DURAN WAS NEVER MY FRIEND
I knew the UFC told both of them that the other one signed first.
That was never no friendship
UFC played them like a fiddle
Heavyweights are always easily tricked by Dana, what's new
Tryna swipe on this video like 💁♂️
So strange to clarify that someone isn’t your friend. Feels like middle school stuff. “You’re not my fwiend anymore!” lol.
No hes just an athlete answering a question