UFC 298 in Anaheim, Calif. featured numerous ranked fighters choosing up key wins, together with a title change within the featherweight division.
Ilia Topuria turned champion by knocking out Alexander Volkanovski in Spherical 2, maintaining his undefeated report intact to start his featherweight championship reign. Getting into the week at No. 4 within the division, Topuria rises to No. 1 standing, knocking Volkanovski off the throne to the No. 2 slot.
The strikes didn’t cease there for Spain’s latest celebrity. Topuria additionally rises from unranked to take No. 4 within the males’s pound-for-pound rankings.
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