Alex Volkanovski Planning 'Cooking With Volk' Collab W/ Islam Makhachev

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Oct 18, 2026
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AI GeneratedThe speaker discusses his recent acting role in a film, his current priorities balancing fighting and cooking, and his ambitious plans for his cooking channel, including a unique collaboration in Dagestan and a series featuring his former opponents.
A street fighter, how cool is that?
Does that come out today, too?
Yeah, it'll come out today, yeah.
That's amazing.
Everywhere, I think.
Yeah, the 16th, yeah.
I had the premiere just before I left, which was cool.
We had a really good turnout, but a lot of buzz.
It was fun, mate.
I don't mind it, but I'm still fighting,
so I can't be doing too many of those gigs.
But I can play a small role here and there
until the fighting's done.
In the future, maybe more of a full-time thing?
Yeah, that's it, mate, 100%.
I'm going to play major roles.
That's why I'm playing major roles, you know what I mean?
Lead actors in films, maybe, you know what I mean?
I really do enjoy it, mate.
I enjoy being in front of the camera.
And I can definitely see a bit of a future there.
But right now, I'm focused on fighting and the cooking.
So that stuff, them two keep me busy enough.
I'll dabble in the acting here and there
until I'm ready to go a little more full-time on that.
All right, last one.
Is there a dream collab on the cooking channel?
It could be a YouTuber, it could be a chef, or anybody, a celebrity.
Is there somebody you'd love to have on your show, on your channel?
I mean, there's so many.
There is so many.
But I love the idea of Islam Makhachev, like doing it with him.
So we've already even chatted about it.
So I'm going to go to Dagestan in the mountains, horseback hunting,
hunting on horseback, catching whatever we catch,
and then cooking it, like literally over a wood fire.
Camping, yes.
So this is something that we've already planned,
we've already chatted about.
And like I'm telling you, it's going to happen.
We're going to do it.
And then all my past opponents, that's probably going to –
I'm going to make that a thing.
Ilya Teporia
I've already planned
I was actually
going to go to Spain
not too long ago
maybe it was a year
or two back
we're going to
I was getting
I think it was a year ago
I was going to go over there
we're going to catch up
and then I was going to do
some cooking with Volk
and that with him
so I think that
that might be a series
it might be a series there
a series of me just
doing cooking with Volk
with past opponents
and you know
chatting and then
obviously
because I mean
it's awesome
I think that's cool man
like you know
you share history
when you fight with opponents, right?
Like there's something that it's just different.
It is a special moment,
even though you're trying to punch each other's faces
and trying to hurt each other.
I mean, it's something that it's a connection
that not many people get to have.
It's weird.
But I mean, like, especially when you're like,
you know, I get along with pretty much everyone.
So it's easy for me to have a, you know,
to be able to share a moment after we fight,
if we were to do a cooking with Bob,
that would be very special to me because I guess
I'm that type of guy. That's awesome
and the fact that fighting is a primal thing Alex
and then you're going to go and actually hunt
the animals yourself and cook it on the
open fire, I thought you were going to say
like Gordon Ramsay or something, that is
an awesome answer man, awesome answer
Yeah, 100%, that's what I mean, they're all cool
too but I mean I think
I don't think I'm the only one that would be excited
for the horseback hunting with Islam
in the mountains of Dagestan, I think
everyone would be excited
for that. I'm not sure everyone would love
Gordon Ramsay as well, but
I think just the mountains of
Islam, Dagestan, I think it's going
to hit a lot different. So
that's something that needs to happen.
I cannot wait. That's
going to go viral. UFC 333
October 24th, Paramount
Plus. Cannot miss the fight. Alex,
brother, thank you so much, man. We'll
talk soon. I appreciate you.
