Share to ClassroomVolkanovski Beats Evloev to Keep UFC Title
Alexander Volkanovski from Australia kept his UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) featherweight title on 24 October. Featherweight is a group for lighter fighters. He beat Movsar Evloev from Russia at UFC 333 in Abu Dhabi. Before this fight, Evloev, 32, had never lost as a professional. Late in the second round, the 38-year-old champion hurt Evloev with a strong punch, got on top of him and hit him many times. The referee stopped the fight just six seconds before the end of the round.
This was Volkanovski's ninth win in a UFC featherweight title fight. The BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) said this was a new record. But the New York Post said he only equalled the old record of José Aldo. Volkanovski lost his title in February 2024, but he later won it back. For Evloev, this was his first UFC title fight. He had won all ten of his earlier UFC fights.
After the fight, both men were respectful. Volkanovski praised Evloev and said he might keep fighting. Evloev said the champion was "like good wine - older, stronger, better". He called the defeat a good lesson. On the same night, Petr Yan also kept his title in a different weight group.
