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Makhachev knocks out Volkanovski in 1st round at UFC 294
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Islam ended the fight with a phenomenal head kick in the 1st round.

Islam Makhachev won against Alex Volkanovski in the 1st round with a KO after a brutal head kick and kept his lightweight trophy at the main event bout at UFC 294 in Abu Dhabi.

Featherweight champ Volkanovski accepted the bout with less than 2 weeks’ notice after Charles Oliveira suffered an injury at his training camp and was unable to fight. The Australian and Islam had fought 8 months ago in a 5th round match in Australia that the judges decided, but now he failed to last 5 minutes.

The two fighters exchanged kicks in the 1st seconds of the bout, and Alex showed great defense as he avoided 1st takedown attempt by his Russian opponent. However, Makhachev landed strong kicks and did a lot of damage to the Australian in the clinch.

After that, Islam finished the fight with a head kick and then threw some punches while his opponent was on the ground before the referee stopped the fight.

“I am not celebrating this victory because of the bad thing happening around the world,” Islam shared after his triumph.