Colby Thicknesse is a 7-0 professional mixed martial artist out of Windang, NSW. He trains out of the world famous Freestyle MMA and is the main training partner of UFC great, Alex Volkanovski. Colby is stepping up and stepping in to replace injured fellow Aussie and bantamweight, Cody Haddon to take on Aleks Topuria. Alex Toupuria is the younger brother of UFC featherweight champion Ilia Topuria who recently dethroned Colby's training partner, Alex Volkanovksi. In this interesting interview, Colby breaks down this unique fight and how it all came about...
Timecodes:
00:00 - Intro
00:05 - Aleksandre Topuria
01:50 - Looking Like A Soy Boy
02:48 - Why He Got Into MMA
04:01 - Being An Underdog
04:43 - UFC Pressure
09:40 - UFC 312 Prediction
10:50 - Autism
11:35 - Responding To ‘The Hilton Lift’ Story
13:10 - Life Without Volk
15:01 - Full Time Fighting
15:50 - 4 Fight Deal
17:07 - Alex Volkanovski
20:48 - Resetting In Chaos
22:13 - Outro
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