Champ Alexander Volkanovski trains for a second belt, but champ Islam Makhachev looks to turn him back. Josh Emmett …
foreign Hawaiian kickboxer I don’t care I don’t like it [Music] folks you know to his credit he’s always wanted to challenge himself you know he could sit there and take on some of the other guys and build a legacy with just a lot more featherweight fights but he wants to test himself and move up and all I can do is support him and put him on the back because not many other guys would want to take this sort of a risk you know especially against a formidable opponent like his luck you know he’s a good wrestler he’s got very unorthodox striking that people don’t give him credit for and we’ve had all different guys come out a lot of Judo guys saying though guys all different wrestling looks it’s been good time let’s go one kickboxing round kickboxing only no takedowns he’s a tough one you know this is a this is definitely a step up in competition we’re moving up a division but um again I’m the guy to do it you know what I mean and I just want people to to remember the the guy that you know people saying this is a risk and all that type of stuff yeah good just remember that I’m the one taking the risks so when I go and get my hand raised reward me for doing things like this I feel like a lot of people do this enough I think a lot of people should challenge themselves because it’s going to only make you stronger and that’s why I’m very proud of who I am and what I’m doing and I can’t wait to show all the people out there that uh if you believe in yourself anything is capable God good word Islam’s Camp has been going fantastic I just joined on January 21st when I got here he’s been training with the team in Dagestan with a great coaching he has there from head coach Sarah margamed you know the thing about Islam microchip is he’s well-rounded he’s the most well-rounded lightweight champion of all time that’s the beauty about having someone like Islam we can fight any way we want it’s a pleasure to have that where you can actually go out there and make a change right as you’re walking out to the cage that’s what Habib and I did on one of our fights in Las Vegas that’s how good this little microchip is we can actually change plans at a turn up a dime no problem [Music] great coach the thing about Alexander is where’s the challenges for him he’s cleared out the division he’s proven to be pound for pound number one so having a big challenge like this is a big step up for him and so you know he’s got a great Camp so we have to make sure that we do all the right things on our side too because we’re dealing with a very formidable team on their side and a true true champion in Alexander we have to do everything correct because you know he’s very dangerous individual to strategize for well it’s uh I think day seven for us here you know Josh is acclimated pretty well um he’s been grinding for the last seven days so uh today we took a little bit of a an easy day for him um having rest and recover and then we’ll hit it again hard on Monday when he told me we were coming out here uh two weeks before the fight I you know I was just like that’s kind of Overkill but uh the minute we got out here I understood what he wanted to do and um he’s perfect you know everything is going well his sleep is dialed in his food is dialed in he’s getting ready for a championship fight it’s the biggest fight of his life it’s the biggest fight of his career uh five rounds 25 minutes I’m really excited for this fight you know the Aussie fans are incredible and uh you know the fans show up for about one and it’s packed it’s loud and I can’t imagine what the crowd’s gonna be like um Fight Night we’re gonna get right into it uh with Walmart to find a spice we can jog on the spot scroll all right we’re gonna do like three minute jogging schooling swatting rolling sprinting squinting spreading hands moves yeah it’s incredible to be fighting here in Perth not having to move cams or anything just staying home with the family and training with the whole team every day as per usual so it just feels like another day [Music] of course there is a little bit extra pressure but it’s pretty cliche but like pressure makes diamonds you know so I think the higher the pressure the bigger mistakes and the better performance I think Randy Brown I think he’s going to be my toughest test to date is it tall he’s one of the taller probably welt weights you get so it’s an exciting matchup you know I’d be tall well-rounded uh veteran of the game so I look forward to testing myself it’s nice and smooth nice and smooth Cam’s been going good everyone’s been great here in Australia so far uh we’ve been really gracious to let us train and still continue to work so we’re getting some good working I brought a good crew with me you know people who are exciting Rowdy bunches give me something before and after every time something before and after they keep me busy and give me some good work so kind of just keep the work output high so it’s cool I think this fight he’s gonna get to see someone that’s a little higher caliber in the fight game so this is his first time fighting a higher level guy and see how he does we go in there we finish off Kangaroo Jack we take it to the top man we just keep running it up and keep beating whoever they put in front of us [Music] he was hopping over here the white ones are albino from the albino but they’re not albinos if you ever look at their eyes they’ve got dark eyes now they’re super soft too yeah yeah and some more Reds oh that was the gray kangaroo if you want to touch it just try and use the back of your hand he’s gonna freak me out that’s crazy dude this this is so soft it’s it’s weird I can’t even describe like the the fur it’s uh it’s just so soft they’re super low-key super just like mellow yeah that’s you don’t take my finger off buddy look that way I could take some of his hair and put it on my head I borrow somebody yeah you and me both yeah thank you that’s how creepy right that’s so cool I’ve heard of it but I actually didn’t know what one looked like as long as saying don’t bite me no I’m just kidding I’m kidding I’m gonna Place her on your lap like this you might not just have your hand underneath her arms let’s see if we hands over there what’s up that’s crazy today is Saturday the gym owner thinks we arrest but Pakistan team nevertheless always training every day that’s why we’re waiting for the key now people training everything [Laughter] all right well kanowski is a great fighter he have big experience in this game and he is a powerful pound King right now but we have to change the king in shower he is not the same power it’s gonna be different because he never feel that power you know he beat many guys in 145 but 155 it’s as of jungle you know I’m gonna give him hard time here and he now we’re gonna come back to 155.