Ilia Topuria retains his featherweight title after knocking out Max Holloway within the third spherical within the UFC 308 predominant occasion on the Etihad Area, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

The UFC 308 card occurred earlier within the day for these watching in the US due to the time distinction.

Topuria improved to a 16-0-0 document, with six of these fights coming by means of (T)KO after tonight’s consequence. What he might have lacked in attain and dimension, he absolutely made up for in a balanced and measured assault.

It was the primary time Holloway had been knocked out throughout his UFC profession.

Listed here are the entire updates and outcomes from the UFC 308 card and the Topuria vs. Holloway predominant occasion.

Locked In:Topuria and Holloway face off in prefight video

Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic headline UFC 309

The UFC will return to ESPN+ for its subsequent huge battle card. Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic will headline the cardboard with the UFC World Heavyweight Championship on the road.

Charles Oliveira and Michael Chandler will meet within the co-main occasion.

The UFC 309 takes place from Madison Sq. Backyard in New York on Nov. 16.

Ilia Topuria (c) vs. Max Holloway (featherweight title bout): Outcomes, Evaluation

• Spherical 1: The UFC 308 crowd chanted and confirmed their help for Ilia Topuria because the battle started. Each fighters threw a number of strikes to search out one thing which may be efficient going ahead within the battle. Topuria introduced Holloway to the bottom within the remaining seconds however was unable to capitalize on the positioning.
• Spherical 2: Holloway has managed to get one of the best of Topuria of their boxing exchanges early within the battle. Topuria hooks Holloway, who barely stumbles earlier than regaining his footing. Holloway landed 35% of his vital strikes by the primary two rounds (68 of 192), in accordance with the ESPN+ broadcast. Topuria landed 43% (50 of 115).
• Spherical 3: Topuria with a giant proper hand that rattles Holloway earlier than taking benefit and dropping his opponent down on the mat with a left hook. He turns into the primary opponent to knock Holloway out in a UFC battle.
• End result: Ilia Topuria wins by TKO to retain the featherweight title

Robert Whittaker vs. Khamzat Chimaev (middleweight): Outcomes, Evaluation

• Spherical 1: Chimaev began quick with a double-leg try within the opening seconds of the battle. Chimaev continued to smother Whittaker on the bottom. Whittaker rapidly tapped out after Chimaev bought him in a choke. It seems that Whittaker might have dislocated his jaw based mostly on feedback from Daniel Cormier in the course of the ESPN+ broadcast.
• End result: Chimaev wins by submission

Notable names at UFC 308

Social media persona Hasbulla and fighter Arman Tsarukyan have been seen in the course of the ESPN+ broadcast within the crowd. Comic Steve Harvey and soccer participant Sergio Ramos have been additionally in attendance.

Magomed Ankalaev vs. Aleksandar Rakic (gentle heavyweight): Outcomes, Evaluation

• Spherical 1: Ankalaev and Rakic exchanged some strikes all through the opening minutes. Rakic landed his first 12 leg strikes. The primary spherical involves an finish.
• Spherical 2: Ankalaev turned aggressive along with his method within the again half of the spherical. The fighters discovered themselves up in opposition to the gate earlier than Ankalaev chased Rakic down for a left hook to the face. Rakic’s nook informed him he received each rounds and inspired him to concentrate on one other aggressive method from Ankalaev.
• Spherical 3: Rakic adopted the recommendation of his nook and took a defensive method to the spherical regardless of Rakic touchdown extra vital strikes all through the battle in opposition to Ankalaev. Each fighters go the gap and the battle will likely be determined by the judges.
• End result: Magomed Ankalaev wins by unanimous choice (29-28; 29-28; 29-28)

Lerone Murphy vs. Dan Ige (featherweight): Outcomes, Evaluation

• Spherical 1: Dan Ige rapidly had blood on his face following an elbow strike from Lerone Murphy, however it stays unclear the place the reduce is. Ige takes Murphy to the bottom and locations all his weight on him whereas he is pressed up in opposition to the cage. Ige drops Murphy with a left-handed punch and begins to put in some punches in the course of the remaining minute of the spherical.
• Spherical 2: Each fighters took a extra calculated method by the primary two minutes of the spherical earlier than lastly getting tied up in opposition to the cage with 1:50 left. Murphy has continued to throw high-leg strikes however has been unable to capitalize to this point. Murphy will get one of the best of Ige within the second spherical. The battle seems even by the primary two rounds.
• Spherical 3: The fighters have spent a major period of time on the bottom making an attempt to get the sting over the opposite. Each fights seem exhausted Murphy spending the center a part of the spherical on prime of Ige. Ige manages to flee and each stand as much as trade strikes as time expires. The fighters go a full quarter-hour and the choose should decide.
• End result: Lerone Murphy wins by unanimous choice (29-28; 29-28; 29-28)

Shara Magomedov vs. Armen Petrosyan (middleweight): Outcomes, Evaluation

• Spherical 1: The sensation-out course of begins with each fighters touchdown vital punches on the opposite, anticipate issues to get extra aggressive between the 2 within the second spherical.
• Spherical 2: The referee needed to make two stoppages within the first spherical as the 2 fighters exchanged lower-body kicks. Magomedov seems to be consuming the strikes Petrosyan is throwing at him in an try and counter him. The technique pays off as Magomedov lands a double-spinning again fist that drops Petrosyan within the remaining seconds of the second rebound.
• End result: Magomedov wins by TKO to stay undefeated (15-0-0).

Ilia Topuria vs. Max Holloway: TV, time, streaming information

Ilia Topuria takes on Max Holloway in the principle occasion for UFC 308 dwell from the Etihad Area, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Here’s what it’s good to know in regards to the battle.

• Date: Saturday, Oct. 26
• Time: Predominant card: 2 p.m. ET; prelims begin at 10 a.m. ET
• Streaming: PPV on ESPN+; prelims on ESPN+
• Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Catch UFC 308 with ESPN+ subscription and Topuria-Holloway with an ESPN+ PPV

UFC 308 begin time

• Prelims: 10 a.m. ET / 7 a.m. PT (ESPN+)
• Predominant card: 2 p.m. ET / 11 p.m. PT (PPV on ESPN+)

UFC 308 odds

All odds are for moneyline bets (as of Friday), in accordance with BetMGM.

• Ilia Topuria (c) (-250) vs. Max Holloway (+200)
• Robert Whittaker (+200) vs. Khamzat Chimaev (-250)
• Magomed Ankalaev (-400) vs. Aleksandar Rakic (+300)
• Lerone Murphy (-300) vs. Dan Ige (+240)
• Shara Magomedov (-175)vs. Armen Petrosyan (+145)
• Raul Rosas Jr. (-1000) vs. Aoriqileng (+650)
• Ibo Aslan (+105) vs. Rafael Cerqueira (-125)
• Geoff Neal (-300) vs. Rafael Dos Anjos (+240)
• Mateusz Rebecki (+240) vs. Myktybek Orolbai (-300)
• Abus Magomedov (-145) vs. Brunno Ferreira (+120)
• Kennedy Nzechukwu (-700) vs. Chris Barnett (+500)
• Farid Basharat (-650) vs. Victor Hugo (+475)
• Ismail Naurdiev (-190) vs. Bruno Silva (+160)
• Rinat Fakhretdinov (-225) vs. Carlos Leal (+185)

UFC 308 battle card

Predominant card

• Ilia Topuria (c) vs. Max Holloway (featherweight title bout)
• Robert Whittaker vs. Khamzat Chimaev (middleweight)
• Magomed Ankalaev vs. Aleksandar Rakic (gentle heavyweight)
• Lerone Murphy vs. Dan Ige (featherweight)
• Shara Magomedov vs. Armen Petrosyan (middleweight)

Prelims

• Ibo Aslan vs. Rafael Cerqueira (gentle heavyweight)
• Geoff Neal vs. Rafael Dos Anjos (welterweight)
• Mateusz Rebecki vs. Myktybek Orolbai (catch weight)
• Abus Magomedov vs. Brunno Ferreira (middleweight)
• Kennedy Nzechukwu vs. Chris Barnett (heavyweight)
• Farid Basharat vs. Victor Hugo (featherweight)
• Ismail Naurdiev vs. Bruno Silva (middleweight)
• Rinat Fakhretdinov vs. Carlos Leal (welterweight)

UFC 308 dwell stream

The prelims will likely be obtainable for dwell stream on ESPN+. The pay-per-view predominant occasion could be bought and streamed by ESPN+.

UFC 308 worth

The UFC 308 pay-per-view could be bought by ESPN+ (which requires a subscription) for $79.99.

UFC 308 location

The occasion will likely be held at Etihad Area, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The Ethiad Area is nestled simply off the Yas Bay waterfront and has a capability of 18,000.

UFC 308 predictions:

MMAjunkie: Holloway inside the gap

Dan Tom writes “Add in Holloways ridiculous sturdiness and the truth that he’s the extra confirmed and efficient fighter over 5 rounds, and I’ll fortunately take a flier on ‘Blessed’ to outlive the early scares with a purpose to draw back down the stretch for a stoppage win in Spherical 4.”

MMAmania: Topuria def. Holloway by choice

Jesse Holland writes: “The challenger has the conditioning to spam takedowns for all 5 rounds and I’m undecided O’Malley — taken down six occasions by Petr Yan at UFC 280 — has the protection to cease him. I simply don’t really feel snug choosing the champion on the slim likelihood he can land the kill shot earlier than getting double-legged into oblivion.”

CBS Sports activities: Topuria wins

Brian Campbell writes, “However even when this battle goes the gap, Topuria’s uncommon mixture of punching energy, velocity and elegant accuracy needs to be sufficient to self-discipline Holloway out of being the type of dominant self he was in opposition to everybody from Justin Gaetje and Arnold Allen to Yair Rodriguez and Calvin Kattar in current fights. Topuria has too many weapons and the type of mindset that will likely be tough to interrupt.”

Rinat Fakhretdinov vs. Carlos Leal (welterweight): Outcomes, Evaluation

• Spherical 1: Fakhretdinov took a minute to get this battle on the bottom, However Leal did properly to get this again onto his ft. Leal is clearly snug getting out of takedowns and likewise connecting punches to Fakhretdinov’s face.
• Spherical 2: Leal is elusive and is proving to be a problem for the favourite Fakhretdinov who can positive take a punch. Leal has had the higher of great strikes. However the spherical involves an in depth with Fakhretdinov taking Leal to the mat. Too little too late.
• Spherical 3: Each fighters left all of it on the market on this first prelim battle. It is a disgrace that there was however a drizzle of followers to see it unfold on the Etihad Area. Leal was inspiring in his takedown protection and talent to trigger issues along with his strikes.
• End result: Rinat Fakhretdinov wins by unanimous choice (29-28; 29-28; 30-27) – Undecided what the judges noticed, however Fakhretdinov continues his win streak to 23.

Ismail Naurdiev vs. Bruno Silva (middleweight): Outcomes, evaluation

• Spherical 1: Naurdiev is the clear aggressor to kick off the proceedings. He managed to get in a rear bare choke simply earlier than the tip of the spherical however could not fairly end the transfer.
• Spherical 2: One of the simplest ways to explain what we’re seeing out of Silva is lackluster. He is not combating with the identical measure of urgency as Naurdiev who’s clearly dictating issues.
• Spherical 3: Silva got here in trying drained and simply went down from there. Naurdiev seems like he might go one other two rounds. That is Naurdiev’s battle except I am taking loopy capsules.
• Outcomes: Naurdiev wins by unanimous choice (30-27)

Farid Basharat vs. Victor Hugo (featherweight): Outcomes, evaluation

• Spherical 1: The 2 measured up one another and left their very own marks on each other. Hugo bought the higher of Basharat with a leg lock and a again elbow that dominated the proceedings.
• Spherical 2: Basharat has the upper ratio of strikes and it appears to be making a dent in Hugo who was wavering by the tip of the spherical.
• Spherical 3: Save a pleasant connecting strike, Basharat had a number of takedowns to finish the battle. His technical strikes and talent to dominate how the battle performed out make it clear who the winner needs to be right here.
• End result: Basharat wins by unanimous choice (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

Kennedy Nzechukwu vs. Chris Barnett (heavyweight): Outcomes, evaluation

Spherical 1: The battle is stopped after Barnett is clearly in ache. He had been favoring his left leg by the early minutes. It is nonetheless not clear precisely what the difficulty was. Within the waning moments the battle was known as after Barnett was in an excessive amount of ache to defend himself.

End result: Nzechukwu wins by TKO

Abus Magomedov vs. Brunno Ferreira (middleweight): Outcomes, evaluation

• Spherical 1: Shout out to Magomedov, who triggered numerous motion on this prelim middleweight battle. Ferreira began to combine it up in the course of the closing moments of the spherical. However this was largely a ready sport in spherical one.
• Spherical 2: If Ferreira was ready for his second, he really has impeccable timing. Each occasions he launched an assault, he put Magomedov to the mat, solely to see his maintain squandered. However the injury has been executed and Magomedov is exhausted after an action-packed second spherical.
• Spherical 3: Magomedov will get Ferreira to the bottom and locks into an arm triangle. It is over and Magomedov wins by submission.
• End result: Magomedov wins by submission

Mateusz Rebecki vs. Myktybek Orolbai (catch weight): Outcomes, evaluation

• Spherical 1: Rebecki is an influence puncher and also you simply have to ask Orolbai’s proper eye for a sworn statement. There was an equal trade for a lot of the spherical till Rebecki related superbly. Now Orolbai will proceed with an eye fixed that continues to swell.
• Spherical 2: Orolbai landed some good energy punches, particularly an important proper uppercut. His eye continues to swell however he has moved ahead with unrelenting fervor. And it has been rewarded as the 2 come collectively and the conflict of heads opens a critical reduce over Rebecki’s proper eye.
• Spherical 3: Orolbai is on one other stage. After Rebecki bought him to the bottom and labored on his face a little bit extra, he turned the tables by the tip of the spherical. Not fairly positive how he even knew the place his opponent was within the octagon, however he discovered Rebecki and had his face simply as bloody as his personal by the tip of this outstanding bout.
• End result: Rebecki winner by cut up choice

Geoff Neal vs. Rafael Dos Anjos (welterweight): Outcomes, evaluation

• Spherical 1: The battle is over. Rafael Dos Anjos suffered what’s being known as a left knee damage. Neal had been the aggressor and landed a few combos that put Dos Anjos on the mat. Probably throughout considered one of these exchanges, he suffered a knee damage that finally ended the battle early.
• End result: Neal wins by TKO

Ilia Topuria vs. Max Holloway: Story of the tape

Ilia Topuria	vs.	Max Holloway
15-0-0	Document	26-7-0
Georgia	Nation	USA
5-foot-7	Peak	5-foot-11
144 kilos	Weight	145 kilos
69 inches	Attain	69 inches
37 inches	Leg attain	42 inches

Ibo Aslan vs. Rafael Cerqueira (gentle heavyweight): Outcomes, evaluation

• Spherical 1: Properly, that was fast. Aslan simply unleashed a barrage of punches that began with a left to Cerqueira’s left temple. It appeared as if he was surprised after that and could not recuperate. With unrelenting strikes, it was clear this battle needed to finish abruptly.
• End result: Aslan wins by TKO

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