{"id":2204777,"date":"2026-10-18T00:50:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T21:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2204777"},"modified":"2026-10-18T00:50:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T21:50:56","slug":"alex-volkanovski-planning-cooking-with-volk-collab-w-islam-makhachev","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2204777","title":{"rendered":"Alex Volkanovski Planning &#8216;Cooking With Volk&#8217; Collab W\/ Islam Makhachev"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/ba\/16by9\/2026\/10\/16\/ba3d4d7e72ad41a29186063add6708e1_xl.png&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"article article--permalink \">\n<header class=\"article__header\">\n<h1 class=\"article__header--headline-title\">Alex Volkanovski Planning &#8216;Cooking With Volk&#8217; Collab W\/ Islam Makhachev<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\"><span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Alex Volkanovski<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Cooking Show Collab W\/ Islam<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-none h2\">&#8230; Planning Trip To Dagestan<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"social-media-container\" role=\"region\">\n<ul class=\"social social--sm\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"media-swipe\">Exclusive<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\"><\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tmz.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"google-preferred-btn js-track-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-btn__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/static.tmz.com\/tmz-web\/img\/article\/google-icon.svg\" alt=\"Google\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"google-preferred-btn__title\">Add TMZ on Google<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/pages\/about\/\">TMZ Staff<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"date-wrapper\">\n                                                                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-10-17T17:50:56-07:00\"><br \/>\n                              October 17, 2026<br \/>\n                            5:50 PM PDT<\/time><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article__blocks clearfix\">\n<section id=\"cb-deb0c4b51881b04b80b9c2c3b6f3ca33\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-5a47105f-e6c8-4739-9df2-92927039931a-2139819342-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/06\/16by9\/2026\/10\/16\/06f7f1d15b4c4c83880bbee6d3ba928e_md.png\" alt=\"101626_alex_volkanovski_KAL\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer id=\"video-player-5a47105f-e6c8-4739-9df2-92927039931a-2139819342-footer\" class=\"media-footer video-block__media-footer\"><span class=\"media-launch-text video-block__media-launch-text\">let them cook<\/span><\/footer>\n<div class=\"video-block__media-info\">\n<div class=\"video-block__media-permalink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/watch\/alex-volkanovski-cooking-with-islam-makhachev-10-16-2026\/\">Video: Alex Volkanovski Planning &#8216;Cooking With Volk&#8217; Collab W\/ Islam Makhachev<\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZSports.com<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-453a628b21c62b3986753e29ef478d8f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><strong>Alex Volkanovski<\/strong> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/islam-makhachev\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Islam Makhachev<\/strong><\/a> are planning to link up again, but this time it&#8217;ll be far from the UFC Octagon&#8230; &#8217;cause the featherweight champ says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Cooking With Volk<\/strong><\/a> is getting a special guest!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-7f9bfe2cb17f94db1e896f7abceaad6c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Volkanovski chopped it up with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/michael-babcock\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Babcock<\/strong><\/a> from his hotel in Abu Dhabi &#8212; ahead of his UFC 333 main event title defense vs. <strong>Movsar Evloev<\/strong> &#8212; when he was asked who, out of everyone, he&#8217;d want to collab with on his popular YT show.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-f8b80bdd65fadacbe61b12fba16d3ce1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>No Michelin stars or TV chefs here &#8230; he went a much more familiar route.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-b996799d4a4a3277ac245f26c6a5e5b3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>&#8220;I love the idea of Islam Makhachev, doing it with him,&#8221; Alex said.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-ff90021385a37727cd0660428988c75a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve even chatted about it. I&#8217;m going to Dagestan, in the mountains, horseback hunting, huntin on horseback, catching whatever we catch, and then cooking it literally over a wood fire.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-4ef490f812976767cf0041ce76145c36\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Volk added &#8230; &#8220;This is something that we&#8217;ve already chatted about. I&#8217;m telling you, it&#8217;s gonna happen. We&#8217;re gonna do it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-c2d60d2692e119d5a8a906b3f9931971\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260601_17afd857cba14a26b6993a3aea7ed5b7\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:3f38814a-a9ae-4c0e-ab48-ac49552e5d92\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/17\/4by3\/2026\/06\/01\/17afd857cba14a26b6993a3aea7ed5b7_md.png\" alt=\"sub justin gaethje ilia topuria getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-39f38c731633de73906e34b188f02cff\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>In fact, Alex says he wants to start a whole new series where he&#8217;d make videos with former opponents &#8230; guys like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/ilia-topuria\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Ilia Topuria<\/strong><\/a> (AV says this is already in the works, too), and others.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-91b6f0406e949359b23668712737c8db\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t seen <em>CWV<\/em>, it&#8217;s a big hit &#8212; the channel has over 62 million views in just about a year.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-c291c3ab82f0d25008c05b7050301bfe\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20230216_dd83c78199e64414a6480913d42920c6\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:3f38814a-a9ae-4c0e-ab48-ac49552e5d92\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/dd\/4by3\/2023\/02\/16\/dd83c78199e64414a6480913d42920c6_md.jpg\" alt=\"Alex Volkanovski Islam Makhachev\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-044694504d18cbb4cbdbbca3d5a1273b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>As for Alex and Islam, the UFC stars are very familiar with one another &#8212; they fought twice &#8212; both in 2023.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-8b5221eef9ba6f250d94adc38adc33dd\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Volkanovski went up a weight class for the scrap &#8230; and lost a razor-close decision in their first fight. Alex lost by knockout in the second.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-fa5c884ce1ac1e8682a0f8bb5a4f267f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC76vADEFAmOVpo1ysHVZlcg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>YouTube<\/strong><\/a> isn&#8217;t the only thing AV has cookin&#8217; outside the cage. He&#8217;s also part of a star-studded ensemble cast in the new live-action Street Fighter movie &#8212; which just came out.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-78f10b374ee6886809c64a4c344079ac\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>We also talked to Alex about acting, and whether he wants to do more on the silver screen.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-d52767a60b63a3c9635397fb4d8a38c8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20261016_37b86f63a2f3489bb19ef1a29a395206\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:3f38814a-a9ae-4c0e-ab48-ac49552e5d92\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/37\/4by3\/2026\/10\/16\/37b86f63a2f3489bb19ef1a29a395206_md.jpg\" alt=\"ufc 333 poster\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-378a830772bb33bdf00778d009219969\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>First things first, before anything hits the grill, or any lines are delivered, Volkanovski\u00a0has to take care of business in the Octagon against an undefeated opponent Saturday night at UFC 333 on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paramountplus.com\/shows\/ufc\/\" 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