The world knows UFC featherweight champion, Alexander Volkanovski as the toughest fighter that he is. The UFC community, however, seldom gets to see Volkanovski as a perfect family man through his Instagram posts. Recently the star shared a very private moment of his life for his fans to see. The Australian fighter uploaded a video of him along with his wife, Emma Volkanovski, and his two children. In the video, it was visible that the family of ‘The Great’ was very excited about the gender reveal of their third child. While Volkanovski was recording the video, his wife and other two daughters burst the balloon.
When they finally burst the balloon, pink paper pieces flew from the balloon, indicating that it is a girl! The fans were elated to see the featherweight champion sharing happy news after his terrible loss at UFC 287 against the lightweight champion, Islam Makhachev.
Fans react to the gender reveal video of Alexander Volkanovski’s third child
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The video was later shared by ‘MMA Orbit’, they wrote “Congratulations to @alexvolkanovski who announced the gender of his third child this morning.” Many congratulated the Australian star for being a girl dad for the third time. In the video uploaded by Volkanovski, he mentioned he won’t mind the gender of the baby, but being a father of two girls, he thought it would be great to have a boy. Furthermore, his eldest daughter said she wants a boy while the youngest wanted a girl.
One of the fans stated how Volkanovski is the perfect girl dad, as he is soon going to be the father of three girls.
Girl dad for real.
— Yasuke (@KombatJunky) February 20, 2023
Another fan said his third girl child is going to be the luckiest as she has such a strong father.
Pound for pound the luckiest girl! Congrats
— Real talkings (@TalkingsReal) February 20, 2023
Some of the fans thought that Volkanovski was unhappy that it was not a boy. One person made an insensitive comment regarding the UFC 287 loss and the baby’s gender reveal.
2 close losses in week is tough. 😂Congrats @alexvolkanovski
— Dylan Albaugh (@Dalbaugh5) February 20, 2023
One of the Twitter users indirectly stated that his fourth child will be a boy.
4th times a charm
— Jo (@JoeCastoner) February 20, 2023
Another fan commented that Volkanovski badly wanted his third child to be a boy. According to him, it was Volkanovski’s face that made it clear.
Yeah he def wanted a boy this time… 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/9a830ooqpz
— $ra • (@Sra_world) February 20, 2023
Another fan stated that Volkanovski is disappointed because, in no time, he will have four women in his house.
That’s the reaction of a guy who is happy to have another child but deep down disappointed he’s having a home of 4 girls 😂
— Scott Rhodes (@ScottRhodes13) February 20, 2023
Thus, a variety of reactions were visible from MMA fans on Twitter.
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Alexander Volkanovski: The family of ‘The Great’
Alexander Volkanovski and his wife Emma Volkanovski have known each other for more than a decade now. Emma Volkanovski is an Instagram model and influencer and also the mother of Volkanovski’s two girls.
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They both tied the knot in 2015 and have been leading their lives together in Australia. While they prefer living a relatively private life, Volanovski sharing such an intimate moment with his fans came as a surprise to many.
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