Former UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski said he had a hard time gaining weight before his first fight against lightweight titleholder Islam Makhachev.
"You know what I've learned? Weight training is a trifle compared to gaining muscle mass. In preparation for Makhachev, I ate so much..... I never thought I'd be crying about overeating.
I was eating 4-5 thousand calories a day. It was mostly healthy food - proteins and carbohydrates. It was a real nightmare," Volkanovski said on his YouTube channel.
Recall that last year Makhachev and Volkanovski met twice in the octagon, and both times the Russian won.
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