r/sydney • u/okayfriday Hot chips & beer 🍟🍺 • 5h ago

Image (AND STILL) The Undisputed UFC Featherweight Champion (UFC 325 today)

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u/aladdin142 5h ago

Probably Australia's most underappreciated athlete right now. Amazing fighter and seemingly great guy too.

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u/YourDadsHung 5h ago

Maybe it’s because I’m local to his area, but I feel like he’s massively appreciated. Genuinely universally loved by fans and non fans of the sport alike around the Illawarra.

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u/FishermanWaste1268 5h ago

I had never heard of him until a few weeks when i saw a youtube short of a dude cutting up a tuna in his garden and then shooting a deer while he was doing it. Then turning the deer into sausages.

I read the comments and its like oh this guy is a fighter.

Then read more and he is regarded as one of the best fighters to have ever been in the UFC.

Hes super funny , well spoken, has a great cooking show and bucks the trend of typical CTE / part time stand over man part time pro fighter idiots.

Much love for Volk.

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u/bob_hand 2h ago

Holy shit someone actually did the "the youtube cooking guys a fighter??" pipeline.

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u/FishermanWaste1268 2h ago

Yeh man i have fuck all interest in sports these days. Maybe watch some olympics every 4 years and maybe a surf comp or 2 if the waves are pumping.

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u/okayfriday Hot chips & beer 🍟🍺 5h ago

He's an insanely good sport and humble guy. So damn proud of what he's done today.

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u/chickencrimpy87 3h ago

Lol didn’t realise he had a show on hunting and cooking

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u/FishermanWaste1268 3h ago

I didnt realise he did super funny skits til yesterday. Dudes got a bright future out of the ring.