Alexander Volkanovski stops Movsar Evloev in round two to keep UFC featherweight title
Referee Marc Goddard stopped the UFC 333 main event with six seconds of the second round left after Volkanovski dropped the unbeaten challenger.
Alexander Volkanovski kept the UFC featherweight title on Saturday 24 October, stopping Movsar Evloev at 4:54 of the second round in the UFC 333 main event at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi.
Evloev, unbeaten going into the fight, took Volkanovski down in the first round, but the champion was quickly back on his feet and the opening five minutes were close.
Late in the second round Volkanovski hurt Evloev and put him on the canvas, then kept landing punches until referee Marc Goddard stepped in with six seconds of the round left.
Earlier on the card, Petr Yan beat Merab Dvalishvili on a unanimous decision to keep the UFC bantamweight title.
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