Volkanovski's coach updates on his pupil's health condition after knockout at UFC 298

Alexander Volkanovsky is a former UFC featherweight champion. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram @alexvolkanovski

Heavily punished in his last appearance, Alexander Volkanovsky recovers from the second knockout suffered in his career in Ultimate. Close to the situation, Eugene Bareman, the Australian's coach, revealed updates on his pupil's health status two weeks after the clash against Ilia Topuria, in the main fight of the UFC 298.

“In terms of symptoms, he doesn’t show any symptoms, which wasn’t the case in the last knockout. There are a lot of variables when it comes to a knockout and how many symptoms you suffer from, and all that. I don't know the science behind this and I'm not going to start trying to understand it. But he appears not to have been as affected by this concussion as he was by the last one. I couldn't tell you why. He definitely needs rest. He needs to rest his head. He needs to be sensible, but he will also be very eager to get the rematch this year,” said Eugene in an interview with CombatTV.

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When commenting on the 'last knockout', the coach refers to the defeat to Islam makhachev, UFC 294. On that occasion, the Australian was overcome in the first round after receiving a hard kick from the Russian, which immediately took him to the canvas. Despite the episode, the Australian recovered and managed to defeat Yair Rodriguez then in the featherweight category (up to 65,7kg).