The main card at UFC 298 delivered on all fronts last night as we saw a huge upset and some close three round wars. See below for social media reaction to the event at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.
Merab Dvalishvili vs. Henry Cejudo
The Georgian’s were out in force to cheer on Ilia Topuria and Merab Dvalishvili. Wow!
Dvaliishvili put on an impressive performance against one of the greatest combat athletes of all time, Henry Cejudo. He won via unanimous decision (29-28 x3)
Dana White explains why Henry Cejudo wasn’t given a post-fight interview following his suspected retirement:
Geoff Neal vs. Ian Machado Garry
After some impressive striking by both men, it was the #10 ranked Ian Garry who got the victory with a split decision (30-27 x2, 28-29). He’s now expected to leapfrog the #8 Geoff Neal:
Not everybody was impressed by the fight:
Ian Garry wants Colby Covington next. Fair to say the trash talk between the pair during the build up would be intense, should the fight get made:
Robert Whittaker vs. Paulo Costa
Robert Whittaker overcame adversity at the end of the first round after being rocked by a spinning heel kick from Costa. He composed himself in his corner and came back to win a points decision:
The kick that almost ended for Whittaker:
Aaron Bronsteter caught up with ‘The Reaper’ to get his post fight thoughts:
Paul Costa took to X to share this thoughts:
Alexander Volkanovski vs. Ilia Topuria
Meta (formerly known as Facebook) CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, was in Volkanovski’s corner during the fight:
A huge upset happened in the main event at UFC 298 as Ilia Topuria defeated the long reigning champion, Alexander Volkanovski, by knockout in the second round:
It didn’t take long for the celebrations to get underway for Team Topuria:
WWE Star and former UFC fighter, CM Punk, shared his thoughts with Caroline Pearce from TNT Sports post fight:
Volkanovski says his defeat to Islam Makhachev had no bearing on last night’s result:
Will we see a rematch? Here are the champions thoughts:
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