Athletistic/MMA. The day before, December 14, the annual World MMA Awards ceremony took place. The fight of the year was the confrontation between the Russian Islam Makhachev and the Australian Alexander Volkanovski at the UFC 284 tournament.
Their first fight took place in February 2023 in Perth (Australia). Makhachev won by unanimous decision and defended his UFC lightweight title for the first time. The World MMA Awards note that the fight turned out to be extremely tense, and after its conclusion, many experts and fighters were unhappy with the judges’ decision, calling for the promotion to stage a rematch.
It should be noted that the rematch took place in the same year. In the second fight, the Russian athlete also won again. In the first round, Makhachev hit Volkanovski with a high kick, then fell on the Australian and began to finish him off. As a result, the referee had to stop the fight and award Islam a victory by technical knockout.
Source: Sport
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