Australia has a new UFC world champion!
The 31-year-old from the NSW south coast dominated the early rounds with a game plan that Holloway simply had no answer for.
Volkanovski worked over Holloway's legs with a barrage of leg kicks which broke records for the featherweight division. Kiwi champion and teammate of Volkanovski, Israel Adesanya, could be hears screaming instructions to the Aussie from the front row."Max Holloway’s right leg is toast," UFC commentator Joe Rogan said of the leg kicks.Volkanovski continued to attack the leg in the third round and it paid off when he stunned Holloway with the left hand hook late in the round.ESPN reported after the first three rounds that Holloway had already suffered a record 46 strikes to his legs.
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