He has no one to blame but himself for the nickname, Alexander Volkanovski does. Old Man Volk starred in some of the best athlete spon-con in years. (Really, take a few moments and watch these, if you’ve never seen them before.)
But the geriatric bit hit a little too on-the-nose when, in his mid-30s, Volkanovski, one of the brightest stars in the UFC cosmos, started losing fights and, in turn, losing his featherweight belt. After going nearly a decade without an MMA defeat, he lost three fights within a year, and it looked like biology was continuing its assault.
