Social media reacts to Ilia Topuria's brutal KO of Alexander Volkanovski to win title at UFC 298
The MMA community reacted to Ilia Topuria's brutal knockout of Alexander Volkanovski to win gold in the UFC 298 main event.
Ilia Topuria began a new chapter in featherweight history on Saturday when he dethroned Alexander Volkanovski in the UFC 298 headliner.
Topuria (15-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) joined a small group of fighters to claim gold with an undefeated record, and the first to do it at 145 pounds, with a second-round knockout victory over Volkanovski (26-4 MMA, 13-3 UFC) in the pay-per-view headliner at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif.
Check below for the top X (formerly Twitter) reactions to Topuria’s title coronation over Volkanovski at UFC 298.
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