{"id":6535,"date":"2022-10-14T22:28:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T11:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.submissionradio.com\/ufc-280-alex-volkanovskis-wrestling-coach-frank-hickman-on-why-alex-can-beat-islam-makhachev-or-charles-oliveira\/"},"modified":"2022-10-14T22:28:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T11:28:00","slug":"ufc-280-alex-volkanovskis-wrestling-coach-frank-hickman-on-why-alex-can-beat-islam-makhachev-or-charles-oliveira","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.submissionradio.com\/ufc-280-alex-volkanovskis-wrestling-coach-frank-hickman-on-why-alex-can-beat-islam-makhachev-or-charles-oliveira\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 280: Alex Volkanovski&#8217;s Wrestling Coach Frank Hickman on Why Alex Can Beat Islam Makhachev or Charles Oliveira"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">Ahead of UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev, Alex Volkanovski&#8217;s coach, Frank Hickman speaks to Submission Radio about Charles Oliveira 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