UFC 333: Volkanovski knocks out Evloev to retain featherweight title
Summary
Alexander Volkanovski retained his UFC featherweight title by stopping Movsar Evloev with a technical knockout in the second round of UFC 333 in Abu Dhabi. Petr Yan defended his bantamweight title by defeating Merab Dvalishvili by unanimous decision in the co-main event.Key Facts
- Volkanovski stopped Evloev with a right hand and follow-up ground strikes at 4:54 of the second round.
- The scheduled title fight was set for five rounds, and the referee stopped it with six seconds left in Round 2.
- The loss was the first of Evloev’s professional career.
- Yan defeated Dvalishvili by unanimous decision, with all three judges scoring the fight 48-47.
- Lone’er Kavanagh stopped Ramazan Temirov by TKO at 4:28 of the first round of their flyweight bout.
- Alexander Volkov beat Rizvan Kuniev by unanimous decision and earned his third straight win.
- Aaron Pico stopped Losene Keita by TKO just over a minute into their featherweight fight.
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