Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2024-02-17, nice mma bout: Alexander Volkanovski vs Ilia Topuria gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).Topuria vs Volkanovski is scheduled to take place Saturday, February 17th, at the Honda Center in Anaheim (California, United States), in a 5-round featherweight (145 lbs, 66 kg) bout; it is the main event of UFC 298 and it is valid for the UFC featherweight championship. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Alexander Volkanovski record
The black belt in Bjj and current Ufc Fw champ Alexander Volkanovski entered this fight with a professional mma record of 26-3-0 (62% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.1 featherweight in the world.
He lost two out of his last three matches, when he moved up in weight class against Islam Makhachev in February and October 2023 (bout ranked in the top 10 Users’ mma Fights of the Year 2023 Islam Makhachev vs Alexander Volkanovski I and Islam Makhachev vs Alexander Volkanovski II); between these two he beat Yair Rodriguez (Alexander Volkanovski vs Yair Rodriguez).
But if you want to watch Volkanovski’s best fights, we suggest one match ranked in the top 10 Users’ mma Fights of the Year 2018, Chad Mendes vs Alexander Volkanovski and a 4-stars match of 2021, Alexander Volkanovski vs Brian Ortega.
Ilia Topuria record
His opponent, the undefeated black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitu Ilia Topuria, has a perfect record of 14-0-0 (86% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.4 in the featherweight division.
In his last three fights he has won over Jai Herbert (Ilia Topuria vs Jai Herbert), Bryce Mitchell (Bryce Mitchell vs Ilia Topuria) and Josh Emmett (Josh Emmett vs Ilia Topuria).
Fight card
Here is the UFC 298 full fight card (we are going to update it after the weigh-in):
MAIN CARD (live on ESPN PPV)
Alexander Volkanovski vs Ilia Topuria
Robert Whittaker vs Paulo Costa
Ian Garry vs Geoff Neal
Merab Dvalishvili vs Henry Cejudo
Anthony Hernandez vs Roman Kopylov
PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPN / ESPN+)
Amanda Lemos vs Mackenzie Dern
Marcos Rogerio de Lima vs Justin Tafa
Rinya Nakamura vs Carlos Vera
Brendson Ribeiro vs Mingyang Zhang
EARLY PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPN+ / UFC Fight Pass)
Josh Quinlan vs Danny Barlow
Oban Elliott vs Valentine Woodburn
Miranda Maverick vs Andrea Lee
Countdown – Video preview
Watch the official video of the full episode of UFC 298 countdown Alexander Volkanovski vs Ilia Topuria, a documentary to know better the life of both fighters and how they prepare for their bout.
Embedded: Vlog Series
Watch all the episodes of UFC 298 Embedded: Vlog Series (we usually post the playlist with all the videos or, if not possible, every single clip).
Pre-fight press conference
Watch for free the UFC 298 pre-fight press conference, featuring Ilia Topuria and Alexander Volkanovski!
Weigh-in
Watch the videos of UFC 298: Volkanovski vs Topuria weigh-in and faceoffs from the official Ufc Youtube channel!
Full fight video / highlights
Here we are going to post a selection of the best videos about the bout Alexander ccc as soon as the match ends. If you have seen the full fight you can rate it at the bottom of this post. (All videos are hosted on free video platforms such as Youtube, Dailymotion, Facebook, etc. and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights.com)
Official highlights
Result
Who won Volkanovski vs Topuria fight?
Ilia Topuria defeated Alexander Volkanovski via KO at 2:32, round 2.
Post-fight interview
Listen the words of the winner or the two fighters after their bout, here is the UFC 298 post-fight octagon interview of Alexander Volkanovski and Ilia Topuria.
Post-fight press conference
Watch and listen the official UFC 298 post-fight press conference video, headlined by the main event Ilia Topuria and Alexander Volkanovski (free live stream from the UFC – Ultimate Fighting Championship Youtube channel).
Bonus awards
UFC 298 Fight of the Night: Amanda Lemos vs Mackenzie Dern
UFC 298 Performance of the Night: Ilia Topuria, Anthony Hernandez, Zhang Mingyang
