{"id":272635,"date":"2018-03-17T11:34:54","date_gmt":"2018-03-17T18:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=272635"},"modified":"2018-03-17T11:34:54","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T18:34:54","slug":"alexander-volkov-thinks-fabricio-werdum-would-win-if-it-was-just-jiu-jitsu-but-its-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/alexander-volkov\/alexander-volkov-thinks-fabricio-werdum-would-win-if-it-was-just-jiu-jitsu-but-its-not\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Volkov Thinks Fabricio Werdum Would Win if it Was Just Jiu-Jitsu But It&#8217;s Not"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The main event this evening will pit Fabricio Werdum against Alexander Volkov, who has quietly stacked up a five-fight win streak. It&#8217;s a big test for Volkov and the next logical step in his climb to the top, meanwhile Werdum has been battling back since losing his title and will earn his third straight win if he gets passed the contender. Werdum is one of the most dangerous guys at heavyweight, but Volkov doesn&#8217;t seem too impressed.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe have a really big team of jiu-jitsu players in Russia, it\u2019s a very well-known team in the grappling world, it\u2019s called Team Strela. The guys on this team are the best jiu-jitsu players and the best grapplers in the country.\u00a0The team is made up of elite competitors. [&#8230;] Jiu-jitsu has a really long and rich history in MMA, but compared to the past, jiu-jitsu is not as important as it used to be. Less and less people who are only good at jiu-jitsu become UFC champions.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ready for UFCLondon on March 17 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g1PzfQ3rxJ\">pic.twitter.com\/g1PzfQ3rxJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alexander Volkov (@AlexDragoVolkov) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexDragoVolkov\/status\/974390188343484416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 15, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;[Fabricio] Werdum is a really high-level jiu-jitsu player, and he\u2019s definitely stronger than me in that area. He would win if we were just doing jiu-jitsu, but we\u2019re not just doing jiu-jitsu. This is an MMA fight and I think it\u2019s very difficult to submit guys who wrestle and also train in jiu-jitsu. I won\u2019t trade submission with him, I\u2019m going to strike with him and try to knock him out. I think it will be very difficult for him to submit me. He is really good at striking too, for sure. I can\u2019t say he\u2019s like those jiu-jitsu guys or wrestlers who are just good at one thing. He has really good striking and he knows how to use that skill. I just believe I\u2019m better.&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2018\/3\/17\/17129408\/alexander-volkov-thinks-jiu-jitsu-is-losing-relevance-in-modern-mma\">Alexander Volkov speaking to MMA Fighting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It may be worth noting that the only times Volkov has been submitted was twice, once back in 2009 and again in 2010. However, he hasn&#8217;t fought any fighter like Werdum. 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