New Featherweight Champ! Topuria KOs Volkanovski at UFC 298

Ilia Topuria from Georgia clinched the Featherweight championship title at the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 298 by knocking out Alexander Volkanovski from Australia in the second round. This victory at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, keeps Topuria’s UFC record perfect with seven wins, and his overall mixed martial arts (MMA) record at an impressive 15-0.

The event also featured a Middleweight division co-main event where Robert Whittaker from Australia emerged victorious against Brazil’s Paulo Costa through a unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27).

Additionally, the UFC 298 card included a Bantamweight division match where Merab Dvalishvili from Georgia won against Henry Cejudo from the United States by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28), and a Welterweight fight where Ireland’s Ian Machado Garry defeated Geoff Neal from the United States by split decision (30-27, 28-29, 30-27).

Main Event Highlights: Throughout the Featherweight title fight, Topuria was on the offensive, closely missing Volkanovski in the early rounds. However, he landed a decisive right hand later in the second round, knocking out Volkanovski and claiming the Featherweight championship.

Co-Main Event Insights: Whittaker and Costa’s fight was intensely competitive from the start. Despite Costa’s initial advantage with a spinning heel kick, Whittaker came back stronger, especially in the second and third rounds, to win the fight by unanimous decision.

Other notable results from UFC 298 include:

– Anthony Hernandez won against Roman Kopylov by submission (rear-naked choke) in the second round.
– Amanda Lemos triumphed over Mackenzie Dern by unanimous decision.
– Marcos Rogerio de Lima defeated Junior Tafa by TKO due to a low kick early in the second round.
– Rinya Nakamura secured a unanimous decision win against Carlos Vera.
– Zhang Mingyang knocked out Brendson Ribeiro with a left hand in the first round.
– Danny Barlow achieved a TKO victory over Josh Quinlan in the third round.
– Oban Elliott won by unanimous decision against Val Woodburn.
– Miranda Maverick won against Andrea Lee by unanimous decision.