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Social media reacts to Ilia Topuria’s brutal KO of Alexander Volkanovski to win title at UFC 298

Ilia Topuria Alexander Volkanovski UFC Islam Makhachev UFC 298 (Event) Aaron Bronsteter Kamaru Usman Terrance McKinney MMA MMA Junkie

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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MMA Junkie

MMA Junkie

MMA Junkie

Spinnin Backfist

Terrance McKinney

UFC

UFC

Kamaru Usman

Teddy Atlas

Kevin Iole

Luke Thomas

Eric Nicksick

Aaron Bronsteter

Danny Segura

Islam Makhachev

Jose Youngs

Charles Oliveira

Brian Martin

Cris Cyborg

Mike Bohn

Belal Muhammad

Terrance McKinney

Matthew Wells

Alan Jouban

Michael Carroll

Michael Chiesa

Chris Curtis

Megan Anderson

Dan Henderson

BJ Penn

UFC

Kamaru Usman

Bo Nickal

UFC

UFC

Kenny Florian

Aaron Bronsteter

Dana White

Ilia Topuria

Alexander Volkanovski

Islam Makhachev

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