Islam Makhachev gave his Australian no chance Alexander Volkanovski in the UFC 294 fight and won a well-deserved victory, Ruslan Titov, vice president of the MMA Federation of the Moscow region, told .
On Saturday, Makhachev knocked out Volkanovski in the first round in the main event of UFC 294 in Abu Dhabi and defended his lightweight championship belt. In February, these fighters met in Australia, and then Makhachev won by unanimous decision. Initially, Makhachev’s opponent for the fight in the UAE was supposed to be Charles Oliveira, but the Brazilian withdrew from the fight 11 days in advance, and Volkanovski accepted the challenge on short notice.
— If after the first fight between these rivals, perhaps someone thought that Makhachev won against Volkanovski by chance, now we can say that Volkanovski then had a more or less equal fight with him by chance. The last battle confirms this. There was complete superiority of the Russian fighter, who left his opponent no chance. Volkanovski did not risk anything here, but Makhachev, on the contrary, now risked more than if he had fought with Oliveira, as should have been the case initially. Nevertheless, the Russian fighter had a very good fight and simply outclassed his opponent, Titov told the correspondent.
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