https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPIacDzO-FM Weight Class: Heavyweight You know what you can never have enough of in MMA? Highly skilled heavyweight fighters. Like it or not, the heavyweights draw the most eyeballs in the sport. MMA purists will talk about the skill and speed of smaller fighters, but the general public loves to see two behemoths go at it. If Bellator has excelled in one area more than anything else, it's signing hot prospects out of Russia and eastern European nations. Volkov is one of these. He's a guy the UFC would no doubt love to have. Bearing the nickname "Drago" - a nod to the Rocky film series - Volkov won the Bellator heavyweight title in 2013 after champion Cole Konrad retired unexpectedly in 2012. While he lost it in his very next fight, Volkov holds wins over former Strikeforce competitor Brett Rogers, former UFC champion Ricco Rodriguez, and hot Bellator prospect Blagoy Ivanov. With such a dearth of big men available to fight, the match-ups in the UFC would be limitless - but for now, Volkov has won his way back to a title shot against the man who took his belt, Vitaly Minakov.
Primarily covering the sport of MMA from Ontario, Canada, Jay Anderson has been writing for various publications covering sports, technology, and pop culture since 2001. Jay holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Guelph, and a Certificate in Leadership Skills from Humber College.