{"id":466749,"date":"2023-01-03T03:53:50","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T11:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=466749"},"modified":"2023-01-03T03:53:50","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T11:53:50","slug":"alex-volkanovski-admits-he-eventually-felt-bad-during-his-beatdown-of-the-korean-zombie-at-ufc-273","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/alex-volkanovski-admits-he-eventually-felt-bad-during-his-beatdown-of-the-korean-zombie-at-ufc-273\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Volkanovski admits he eventually \u201cfelt bad\u201d during his beatdown of The Korean Zombie at UFC 273"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Volkanovski has admitted that he felt bad for The Korean Zombie during his main event domination at UFC 273.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s safe to say that at this point in time, Alex Volkanovski is the pound-for-pound best fighter in MMA. He&#8217;ll put that title on the line at UFC 284 but for the time being, that&#8217;s the popular opinion.<\/p>\n<p>Back at UFC 273, he had the chance to further cement his featherweight legacy when defending the belt against Chan Sung Jung. In doing so, he was taking on a legend of the sport who could really push him to the limit.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, though, it was a one-way beating with Volkanovski <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-273-results-alex-volkanovski-stops-the-korean-zombie-video\/\">finishing Korean Zombie off<\/a> in round four.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview, Volkanovski spoke about that performance and the win.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Volkanovski on Makhachev fight, UFC 284 training camp, worst weight cut, Korean Zombie &amp; Holloway\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Njpmr4SSz2E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">&#8220;We are fighters, we are warriors. You&#8217;re not going to sit there and be like, just tap on the floor in between the rounds [or] you tell your coaches that you are done. You are not going to do that. There is no way &#8216;Korean Zombie&#8217; is going to do that. But I could see it in his eyes, even though he was not trying to do that, I could see it in his eyes that he was done. I felt bad at that stage because I felt like the ref could&#8217;ve just been like, &#8216;That&#8217;s it.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\">Volkanovski\u2019s surge continues<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">&#8220;Even when he was sitting there [in between rounds three and four]. Not that he didn&#8217;t want to be there, but he was like, &#8216;There is nothing I can do\u2019. So I felt like he looked defeated [but] the ref didn&#8217;t give it to him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Quotes via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/mma\/news-alexander-volkanovski-gets-personal-moment-mercy-the-korean-zombie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sportskeeda<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>Do you think the referee should&#8217;ve stopped Alex Volkanovski vs The Korean Zombie sooner? Let us know your thoughts on this in the comments, BJPENN Nation!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Volkanovski has admitted that he felt bad for The Korean Zombie during his main event domination at UFC 273. It&#8217;s safe to say that at this point in time, Alex Volkanovski is the pound-for-pound best fighter in MMA. 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