Alexander Volkanovski is still the greatest after his latest title defense as he ended Movsar Evloev\u2019s undefeated run with a second-round stoppage in the UFC 333 main event.<\/p>\n
As usual, Volkanovski showed off tremendous takedown defense and immaculate striking as he picked Evloev apart on the feet. Finally in the second round, Volkanovski put together a combination of punches that put Evloev down and the Australian finished with a barrage of shots on the ground.<\/p>\n
The end came at 4:54 in the second round.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s a great figher,\u201d Volkanovski said after his latest title defefnse. \u201cHe was undefeated for a reason but I just said I\u2019m the right guy for that job. I knew the ref would have to stop it when he covered up like that.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m choosing to do this. I said if I didn\u2019t take too much damage, we probably keep going so maybe we keep going. I feel the love and it\u2019s paid off now. The love around the world is incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n
After tasting defeat for the first time, Evloev was understandably upset but he paid homage to Volkanovski on a job well done.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a terrible fight,\u201d Evloev said. \u201cHe\u2019s a good one. Older, stronger, better, he\u2019s truly a legend. I\u2019m grateful for this opportunity to be here. Alex, great champion, I\u2019m happy to be here to share the cage with him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Volkanovski started fast with a series of inside leg kicks and then peppering Evloev with a series of stiff jabs. Evloev then exploded forward with a takedown but Volkanovski bounced back up almost immediately.<\/p>\n
Volkanovski continued with his forward pressure before countering another takedown as kept working on the feet. Evloev was undeterred though, as he kept battling to drag the champion to the ground.<\/p>\n
Evloev grabbed onto the body lock to open round two and literally dragged Volkanovski to the canvas but the champion reversed positions to land on top. From there, Volkanovski laned some ground and pound before Evloev escaped back to his feet.<\/p>\n
Volkanovski then uncorked a well-timed overhand right that seemingly wobbled Evloev momentarily.<\/p>\n
Late in the round, Volkanovski connected with a nasty combination of punches that had Evloev turning away to avoid the damage as a cut opened up on the head.<\/p>\n
Evloev eventually faded as he fell to the ground following a blistering left hand from Volkanovski and the champion took full advantage of the opening. With Evloev hurt, Volkanovski just unleashed a barrage of shots to finish the fight.<\/p>\n
That makes three straight wins for Volkanovski in championship fights and his seond straight title defense since reclaiming the featherweight belt. He obviously indicated that he plans to continue fighting and it\u2019s soon going to be difficult not to declare Volkanovski as the greatest featherweight of all-time, if he hasn\u2019t already taken that crown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alexander Volkanovski is still the greatest after his latest title defense as he ended Movsar Evloev\u2019s undefeated run…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":945645,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,701,44,41,39,42,40,640,702],"class_list":["post-945644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-latest-news","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-ufc","tag-ufc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=945644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/945645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=945644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=945644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=945644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}