UFC 308: Topuria vs Holloway Recap (Sports)

October 27, 2024

UFC 308 took place earlier this weekend in Abu Dhabi, headlined by a UFC featherweight title fight between Ilia Topuria and Max Holloway. Topuria went into the fight looking for his first title defense as the UFC featherweight champion after beating Alexander Volkanovski with a second-round knockout to win the title at UFC 298. Holloway was coming off a buzzer-beating knockout win against Justin Gaethje at UFC 300 to win the honorary BMF title. The fight looked even through the first two round with both fighters landing significant power shots throughout the fight. Going into the third round Holloway looked to be gaining momentum in the fight with more striking volume and head movement, but Topuria was able to force Holloway against the fence, and stun him with a straight right hand before knocking him out with a left hook.

The co-main event was a fight between former UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker and rising star Khamzat Chimaev. Chimaev started the fight quick taking Whittaker down in the opening moments and kept his foot on the gas until the fight was over. Chimaev kept looking for submission attempts while maintaining ground control, and was able to finish the fight in the first round with a face crank that broke Whittaker’s teeth.

This gnarly double spinning backfist KO from Shara Magomedov.

UFC 308 Fight Card Results

  • Ilia Topuria (c) def. Max Holloway via third-round knockout (punches)
  • Khamzat Chimaev def. Robert Whittaker via first-round submission (face crank)
  • Magomed Ankalaev def. Aleksandar Rakic via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
  • Lerone Murphy def. Dan Ige via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
  • Shara Magomedov def. Armen Petrosyan via second-round knockout (punch)
  • Ibo Aslan def. Rafael Cerqueira via first-round TKO (punches)
  • Geoff Neal def. Rafael dos Anjos via first round TKO (injury)
  • Mateusz Rebecki def. Myktybek Orolbai via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
  • Abus Magomedov def. Brunno Ferreira via third-round submission (arm triangle choke)
  • Kennedy Nzechukwu def. Chris Barnett via first-round TKO (punches)
  • Farid Basharat def Victor Hugo via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
  • Ismail Naurdiev def. Bruno Silva via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
  • Rinat Fakhretdinov def. Carlos Leal by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
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