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Ilia Topuria Beats Max Holloway by Knockout, Retains Featherweight Title at UFC 308

Ilia Topuria withstood his first test as UFC featherweight champion with a third-round knockout win over Max Holloway to close out UFC 308 from the Etihad…

UFC 308 Results: Live Winners and Losers Ilia Topuria vs. Max Holloway Card

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One-Punch KO? Dustin Poirier Weighs In on Ilia Topuria’s Bold Claim for Max Holloway Fight

Dustin Poirier on Ilia Topuria vs. Max Holloway UFC 308 Ilia Topuria is confident coming into his title defense against Max Holloway headlining UFC 308. But Dustin Poirier explains…

Ilia Topuria is confident coming into his title defense against Max Holloway headlining UFC 308. But Dustin Poirier explains that it might not be as easy as the Georgian-Spanish athlete thinks.

Dustin Poirier on Ilia Topuria vs. Max Holloway

The reigning UFC featherweight champion ‘El Matador’ Ilia Topuria captured the division crown when he stopped top-ranked pound-for-pound fighter Alexander ‘The Great’ Volkanovski by way of knockout. At UFC 308, Topuria feels that he will do the same to the former champion ‘Blessed’ Max Holloway. But, MMA icon Dustin Poirier says that it will not be that simple.

‘The Diamond’ Poirier has won half his professional MMA bouts via knockout but was unable to put away ‘Blessed‘ when they fought years prior. In fact, Holloway has never lost by knockout in his career despite facing a series of dangerous strikers such as Conor McGregor, Poirier, Jose Aldo, and Justin Gaethje, among others.

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Speaking to Mike Bohn in an interview, Dustin Poirier commented on Topuria trying to knock out Holloway. He said:

“To go out there and one-punch Max is going to be almost impossible, I think. It can happen, for sure. But I don’t think it will. This is a big test. If [Topuria] goes in there and beats Max, or lasts with Max in the volume game, outpoints him, outfights him technically on the feet—that’s going to say so much about Ilia and where he’s going to go. I can’t pick against Max. I could see Topuria winning, but Max’s experience and the championship fights he’s been in… it’s hard to bet against that.” [Ht MMANews]

‘El Matador’ Ilia Topuria will be aiming to do just that in his main event bout against the highly skilled Max Holloway. ‘Blessed’ is known for his volume-striking while Topuria is a knockout technician.

UFC 308 Fight Card: PPV Schedule, Odds and Predictions for Max Holloway vs. Topuria

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UFC 308 Results & Highlights: Ilia Topuria KOs Max Holloway

UFC 308 took place tonight from the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, UAE and MMA News has you covered with all the results and highlights! In the main event, Ilia Topuria put his featherweight title on the line against former champ Max Holloway. While in the co-main event, Robert Whittaker took on Khamzat Chimaev in a middleweight matchup. […]

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UFC 308 took place tonight from the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, UAE and MMA News has you covered with all the results and highlights!

In the main event, Ilia Topuria put his featherweight title on the line against former champ Max Holloway. While in the co-main event, Robert Whittaker took on Khamzat Chimaev in a middleweight matchup.

UFC 308 Results: Main Card:

Featherweight Championship Main Event: Ilia Topuria def. Max Holloway via KO: R3, 1.34

Middleweight Co-Main Event: Khamzat Chimaev def. Robert Whittaker via submission: R1, 3.34

Light Heavyweight: Magomed Ankalaev def. Aleksandar Raki? via unanimous decision (29-28×3)

Featherweight: Lerone Murphy def. Dan Ige via unanimous decision (29-28×3)

Middleweight: Sharabutdin Magomedov def. Armen Petrosyan via KO: R2, 4.52

Preliminary Card:

Light Heavyweight: Ibo Aslan def. Raffael Cerqueira via TKO (punches): R1, 0:51

Welterweight: Geoff Neal def. Rafael dos Anjos via TKO (injury): R1, 1:30

Catchweight (160lbs): Mateusz R?becki def. Myktybek Orolbai via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Middleweight: Abus Magomedov def. Brunno Ferreira via submission (arm-triangle choke): R3, 3:14

Heavyweight: Kennedy Nzechukwu def. Chris Barnett via TKO (punches): R1, 4:27

Featherweight: Farid Basharat def. Victor Hugo via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

Middleweight: Ismail Naurdiev def. Bruno Silva via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Welterweight: Rinat Fakhretdinov def. Carlos Leal via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)

Main Card Highlights

Sharabutdin Magomedov def. Armen Petrosyan

Sharabutdin Magomedov continued his rise through the UFC middleweight ranks with a KO of Armen Petrosyan in the second round.

Lerone Murphy def. Dan Ige

In this featherweight bout, Lerone Murphy got it done on the scorecards against Dan Ige.

Magomed Ankalaev def. Aleksandar Raki?

Magomed Ankalaev earned a unanimous decision win against Aleksandar Raki? in their light heavyweight bout.

Khamzat Chimaev def. Robert Whittaker

In the co-main event, Khamzat Chimaev got it done in the first round with a submission of Robert Whittaker.

Preliminary Card Highlights

Rinat Fakhretdinov Def. Carlos Leal

Kennedy Nzechukwu Def. Chris Barnett

Bro he got injured just before he started fighting… Poor Chris Barnett #UFC308 pic.twitter.com/15XbuL10Hi

— Haduucken (@Haduuuucken) October 26, 2024

Abus Magomedov Def. Brunno Ferreira

Abus Magomedov submits Brunno Ferreira #UFC308 pic.twitter.com/TPJa0hCQuB

— Haduucken (@Haduuuucken) October 26, 2024

Mateusz R?becki Def. Myktybek Orolbai

Geoff Neal Def. Rafael dos Anjos

Geoff Neal defeats Rafael dos Anjos in round 1 #UFC308 pic.twitter.com/ftJ8Z43YAO

— Haduucken (@Haduuuucken) October 26, 2024

Ibo Aslan Def. Raffael Cerqueira

Ilia Topuria def. Max Holloway

In the main event, Ilia Topuria retained his featherweight belt with a KO of Max Holloway in round three.

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Max Holloway Reveals His Top Moment in MMA History Ahead Of UFC 308

Of all the epic moments in Max Holloway’s mixed martial arts career, beating the ‘King of Rio’ on his…

Of all the epic moments in Max Holloway’s mixed martial arts career, beating the ‘King of Rio’ on his home turf tops the list.

In a matter of hours, ‘Blessed’ will attempt to create another memorable moment when he headlines UFC 308 in Abu Dhabi, challenging the promotion’s reigning and defending featherweight world champion, Ilia Topuria. It will be Holloway’s 10th title fight under the UFC banner, but even if he recaptures gold in the UAE, it won’t top the feeling of beating perhaps the greatest featherweight the sport has ever seen.

“It means a lot. There’s a saying I always heard: train till your idols become your rivals,” Holloway said in an interview with TNT Sports. Jose Aldo was an idol, even after our fights. There’s no better feeling than fighting the King of Rio in Rio and doing what I did.

“I remember after the fight, there was not one sound in the audience. Just silence. This will be my number one MMA moment, no matter what.”

Despite underdog status, Max Holloway is determined to kickstart a new title reign at UFC 308

Holloway unified the interim and undisputed featherweight titles against Aldo in Rio de Janeiro at UFC 212 on June 3, 2017. He would go on to defend the title three times, besting ‘Junior’ in a rematch before scoring wins against Brian Ortega and Frankie Edgar.

He later dropped the belt against Alexander Volkanovski but has never strayed very far from the title picture. In April, Holloway delivered yet another iconic Octagon moment when he scored a buzzer-beating KO against Justin Gaethje at UFC 300 to win the BMF title.

‘Blessed’ will attempt to do what no man has been able to thus far and hand Topuria his first career loss. Thus far, ‘El Matador’ is a perfect 15-0 and is an almost 3-to-1 favorite to come out on top against Holloway at Etihad Arena.