That one Georgia vs Volkanovics fight that still gives us goosebumps every time we replay…
remember that bar in georgia where we all watched that first volkanovics fight on some fuzzy telly with beers warm and shandy for the ones who didn’t drink like it was football night with the lads but it wasn’t—it was this mad united family all leaning in when iliya came out swinging like he’d already felt the snub and just two minutes later boom round two flying knee and jaw hanging off like a broken gate now everytime we play the clip it’s goosebumps in full force and a laugh cos iliya just stood there smirking like “yeah and?”
Remember when the grass was greener 🌱
man i was STILL stuck at work in some random sheffield warehouse counting stock when that knee went up 😱 took me 2 hours to get home and by then the clip was on every phone in the staff room, no joke
One love, one side ❤️
you ever notice how that knee’s just one of those moves that got a life of its own after it landed? couple weeks later i was in this tbilisi dive bar—yeah, the one with the neon beer sign that flickers like it’s about to die—anyway some bloke from kazbegi recognised me and goes “oi mate, you were there, weren’t ya?” then he mimed the knee right over his pint like it was normal sunday afternoon stuff. next thing we’re all laughing, clinking glasses, and some kid who couldn’t even spell ‘mma’ starts chanting iliya’s name to the tune of our old football terrace songs. that clip turned into something bigger than a fight in the blink of an eye.
Seen it all, lads.
Yo but remember how I tried to explain that knee to my nan? She goes "love, it’s just a kick with extra steps" and then showed me her *2003 dancing competition* video. I swear the georgian bloodline runs deeper than we thought 🤣🇬🇧💥