Tyson Fury has thrown his heavyweight support behind Alexander Volkanovski and his shock mental health reveal following UFC 294 in Abu Dhabi, urging Australia’s UFC featherweight champ: “Dust yourself off … and kick arse”.
It comes as ‘The Great’ has also elaborated on the reasons behind his emotive post-fight statements, explaining the teary speech was a combination of being kayoed, realising his days “are numbered” and “trying to deal with being a high-performance athlete and not being able to fulfil that side of things”.
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Among the most recognised athletes in world sport, Fury has offered his support to Volkanovski as the English megastar prepares to face former UFC heavyweight king Francis Ngannou in Saudi Arabia this Sunday.
The hyped headliner – which will be shown live on Main Event – will be the first professional boxing appearance for Ngannou, who UFC president Dana White once revealed owned the world record for heaviest punch on the planet.
Only last Sunday, it was Volkanovski looking to create his own slice of combat sports history when he moved up a weight class, and on only 11 days’ notice, to challenge UFC lightweight king Islam Makhachev.
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