Ilia Topuria could have simply locked up the Fighter of the Yr.
On Saturday night time in Abu Dhabi, Topuria turned the primary man to knock out Max Holloway, ending him with punches within the third spherical of the UFC 308 fundamental occasion. Following Saturday’s pay-per-view occasion, MMA Preventing’s Mike Heck and Jed Meshew react to Topuria’s astonishing efficiency and the place this places him not solely within the Fighter of the Yr dialog, however within the pound-for-pound combine.
On prime of that, MMA Preventing discusses Khamzat Chimaev breaking Robert Whittaker’s jaw with a brutal submission and whether or not that enables him to leapfrog Sean Strickland for a middleweight title shot, Magomed Ankalaev’s workmanlike win over Aleksandar Rakic, the judging controversies that riddled the remainder of the cardboard, and far more.
Watch the UFC 308 post-fight present above, or an audio-only model of the present can be streamed beneath and on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever else you get your pods.