The UFC featherweight championship is headed to Spain with a Georgian flare. In the highly-anticipated UFC 298 main event, Ilia Topuria made the most of his moment on the big stage when he knocked Alexander Volkanovski unconscious at 3:32 of Round 2 to claim title gold. The bout headlined the pay-per-view event at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. A massive right hand early from Topuria (15-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) in Round 2 sealed the deal after a closely contested opening five minutes. As Volkanovski (26-4 MMA, 13-3 UFC) circled against the cage he walked directly into a left hand that shut the lights out. Follow-up shots rained down, but weren’t necessary for the task at hand.
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