Alexander Volkanovski secures a technical knockout in the closing seconds of round two at UFC 333 in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Australia’s Alexander Volkanovski has retained his featherweight title after making short work of Russia’s Movsar Evloev in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 333 main event in Abu Dhabi.
Volkanovski secured a technical knockout (TKO) with a right hand, followed by a ground-and-pound move in the closing seconds of the second round of their scheduled five-round fight on Saturday.
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The official time was 4:54, as the fight was called off with six seconds left to the jubilation of the Etihad Arena crowd in the capital of the United Arab Emirates.
It was Evloev’s first professional…