How Is Alexander Volanovski Cutting Weight To 145 lbs: UFC News: In a little less than two weeks, UFC 290 is scheduled to take place. Alexander Volkanovski, the top fighter in the featherweight division, will face interim champion Yair Rodriguez in the main event’s title defence. Follow UFC News Updates with InsideSports.IN.
Following his earlier this year failed effort to become a simultaneous double champion, the fight will mark Volkanovski’s return to the octagon.
Alexander the Great, who had never lost in the UFC, was defeated by lightweight champion Islam Makhachev.
Alexander Volanovski Cutting Weight To 145 lbs For Fighting Yair Rodriguez at UFC 290
Alex’s nutritionist and his exceptional strength and conditioning coach are the main people who are helping him retain his original weight to make his return and defend his featherweight title. Alex will be making his return to the 145 weight category after a period of 12 months. As per his last fight against Islam Makhachev, Alex had to increase his weight to 155 lbs.
How Is Alexander Volanovski Cutting Weight To 145 lbs For Fighting Yair Rodriguez at UFC 290?
Coming back to the original weight class, after having gained weight may be a difficult issue for some fighters, one of the major issue being body recomposition, which means the fighter needs to decrease a desired amount of muscle from the body, while still increasing the amount of fats. Alex’s nutritionist mentions, body compositing is not ideal in any of the circumstances, be it for training or returning back to your original weight class.
But Alex has a great coach who has been taking care of it for the athlete and has put on a 4-week camp off-season period, to ensure that the bulk he had didn’t affect his body negatively. During the beginning of the camp, Alex had a minimum change in his overall muscle mass and fat mass, which enabled him to start his camp for a featherweight to return back to his original weight of 145 in a smooth manner.
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