UFC 298: Volkanovski Vs. Topuria

[Arerequired]

Main Card:

Featherweight:	Alexander Volkanovski (c)	Vs.	Ilia Topuria
Middleweight:	Robert Whittaker	Vs.	Paulo Costa
Welterweight:	Ian Machado Garry	Vs.	Geoff Neal
Bantamweight:	Merab Dvalishvili	Vs.	Henry Cejudo
Middleweight:	Anthony Hernandez	Vs.	Roman Kopylov

Prelims:

Women's Strawweight:	Amanda Lemos	Vs.	Mackenzie Dern
Heavyweight:	Marcos Rogério de Lima	Vs.	Junior Tafa
Bantamweight:	Rinya Nakamura	Vs.	Carlos Vera
Light Heavyweight:	Zhang Mingyang	Vs.	Brendson Ribeiro

Welterweight:	Josh Quinlan	Vs.	Danny Barlow
Welterweight:	Oban Elliott	Vs.	Val Woodburn
Women's Flyweight:	Andrea Lee	Vs.	Miranda Maverick

 

[Arerequired]

Well. Looks like Volk got old overnight, he did us proud while his reign lasted, taking a fight so soon after a brutal knockout can't be good for his chin.

Garry won.

 

[Bucky]

Well. Looks like Volk got old overnight, he did us proud while his reign lasted, taking a fight so soon after a brutal knockout can't be good for his chin.

Garry won.

Surprised Volk got slept like that. His battles at 155 with Islam seem to have come back to haunt him. Credit to Topuria with his crisp and powerful boxing.

 

[Phil]

Volkanovski has been knocked out twice in the last 4 months. Horrible. Was way too soon to fight again after the knockout loss to Islam. Volkanovski took the second fight with Islam Makhachev on 12 days notice. That was irresponsible on the part of his representatives to allow that fight to happen. Volk needed a full camp to prepare for a top figher like Makhachev.

To fight anyone 4 months after a knockout is a horrible decision, but to fight a guy with heavy hands like Topuria, who was knocking guys out, is just inexcusable. That is a path to CTE. Two awful choices by Volk and his management might have just ended his career, and worse yet, might lead to permanent damage to his brain.

 

[Bucky]

Volkanovski has been knocked out twice in the last 4 months. Horrible. Was way too soon to fight again after the knockout loss to Islam. Volkanovski took the second fight with Islam Makhachev on 12 days notice. That was irresponsible on the part of his representatives to allow that fight to happen. Volk needed a full camp to prepare for a top figher like Makhachev.

To fight anyone 4 months after a knockout is a horrible decision, but to fight a guy with heavy hands like Topuria, who was knocking guys out, is just inexcusable. That is a path to CTE. Two awful choices by Volk and his management might have just ended his career, and worse yet, might lead to permanent damage to his brain.

Overall I’d agree. Not looking good, after a historic run to the top. Not worried about CTE as much. Flash KOs in UFC look worse than repeated beatings taken in boxing.