Athletistic/MMA. On the morning of February 18 (Moscow time) in Anaheim (California, USA), the highly anticipated mixed martial arts tournament UFC 298 took place. In the main fight of the event, the current holder of the featherweight champion belt (up to 65 kg), the Australian Alex Volkanovski, met the Spaniard of Georgian origin Ilia Topuria.
The fight did not last the expected duration and ended with Topuria winning by knockout in the second round. This allowed him to become UFC champion for the first time.
Ilia Topuria made his MMA debut in 2015. In October 2020, he had his first fight in the UFC. Today, the 27-year-old fighter has 15 victories in 15 fights in mixed martial arts.
Alexander Volkanovski suffered his fourth defeat in MMA. The 35-year-old Australian also has 26 victories. It is noteworthy that Alex suffered three of his four defeats in his last three fights, including two failures in fights with Russian Islam Makhachev.
Source: Sport
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