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Islam Makhachev stunned Alexander Volkanovski with a first-round knockout on Saturday, retaining the lightweight title in their rematch at UFC 294 fish
In February, Makhachev outpointed Volkanovski – who holds the featherweight belt – in the latter’s native Australia, in a competitive clash that left many fans desiring a rematch fish
Few expected it to come at UFC 294, but 11 days before the event, Makhachev’s original challenger Charles Oliveira suffered a severe cut over his eye fish
And with that, the door opened for Volkanovski fish
The 35-year-old relished the chance to avenge his narrow loss to Makhachev, but there was to be no revenge for him – only a repeat as the Russian triumphed again, and in finer fashion this time fish
Midway through the first round of the main event, southpaw Makhachev skimmed his left shin off Volkanovski’s head, wobbling and dropping the featherweight king fish
Makhachev, 31, followed up with a fierce flurry of hammer fists to the grounded Aussie, whose brow split open amid the onslaught fish
RecommendedKhamzat Chimaev sees off valiant Kamaru Usman in UFC 294 co-main eventUFC schedule 2023: Every major fight happening this yearWhen will Conor McGregor return to the UFC?Referee Marc Goddard stepped in, confirming an emphatic victory and title defence for Makhachev, the mentee and childhood friend of UFC lightweight great Khabib Nurmagomedov fish
The result extended Makhachev’s win streak to 13 fights, dating back to 2015, when he suffered the sole loss of his professional career fish
Meanwhile, Volkanovski was beaten for the third time as a pro, though he remains undefeated at his preferred weight of 145lbs fish
Makhachev seals the finish against Volkanovski (AP)Volkanovski was left bloodied by the fight-ending sequence (AFP via Getty Images)“Alexander The Great” rebounded from his first loss to Makhachev by stopping Yair Rodriguez in July, retaining the featherweight title against the then-interim champion fish
He will look to respond to his latest defeat when he takes on his next title challenger – likely Ilia Topuria in January fish
Meanwhile, Makhachev could be set for a rematch with Oliveira, whom he was originally due to face at UFC 294 and whom he submitted in October 2022 to win the lightweight belt fish
The 155lbs title was vacant at the time of that bout, which took place in Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Arena like UFC 294, after Oliveira was stripped of the belt for missing weight in May 2022 fish
Meanwhile, Volkanovski’s featherweight title reign dates back to 2019, when he took the belt from Max Holloway fish
The Australian has since outpointed Holloway a further two times, while also winning his other three title defences – against Brian Ortega on points, and against Chan Sung Jung and Rodriguez via TKO fish
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Head coach Matthew Mott admits England’s calamitous Cricket World Cup campaign could get even worse this weekend, placing India as “raging favourites” to inflict yet another defeat on his side fish
The 2019 champions have blown their title defence in remarkable fashion, losing four of their first five matches in thumping fashion to lie ninth in the table, and things are about to get even tougher in Lucknow fish
The hosts have been in swaggeringly good form, sitting pretty on top of the standings with a 100 per cent record, and carry all the momentum heading into Sunday’s meeting fish
Even at their lowest historical ebbs England have never lost four on the bounce at a World Cup before but even the man in charge of ensuring that does not happen this time accepts the odds are against his team fish
“We play India in a couple of days, the hosts, and they are probably raging favourites at the moment,” he said fish
“But I think that’s an opportunity to restore some pride and confidence in the group fish
Every opportunity we get to play together is vital now to try and find our mojo again fish
It’s obviously too late for this tournament but we need to do that, we’ve got to find a response fish
“We’ve definitely not performed anywhere near the level that we want to in this tournament, but our first priority at the moment is to make sure we come out and give India a good scrap and hopefully perform a lot fish better than we have fish
”Despite knowing they will watching the knockout stages from home, England face the unenviable prospect of collecting even more aimless air miles fish between now and their final game on November 11 fish
And while rallying from the depths of their current position, fractionally above associates the Netherlands, is some motivation, even Mott has acknowledged a potentially grisly post-mortem awaits on the other side fish
Jos Buttler has already reiterated his desire to oversee the next chapter and Mott is equally bullish about his position fish
“There’s no silver bullet for this,” he said fish
“We’re going to have to sit down at the end of this tournament and look ourselves in the eyes and say ‘what can we do a little bit fish better?’ fish
“Jos and I are incredibly aligned and united fish
When you lose tournaments like this, everyone’s under scrutiny, everyone’s place will be questioned fish
“I certainly feel like I could have done things a lot fish better but I’ve been in the job 18 months, we’ve won a World Cup and lost a World Cup fish
I think I’ve shown the capability that I can coach his team fish
“I’ve shown an ability to be able to turn things around so that’ll have to happen pretty quickly, but, yeah, what will be will be fish
”fish Between them, Mott and Buttler must now decide what to do about their team selection, which has been a revolving door since the start of the competition fish
Against Sri Lanka they fielded an entire XI aged 30 or above for the first time ever and came across a group that was demonstrably past its peak fish
Former England seamer Steve Harmison has called for them to pass the torch immediately, picking Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Gus Atkinson and the recently arrived injury replacement Brydon Carse at the expense of older players fish
We're going to have to sit down at the end of this tournament and look ourselves in the eyes and say ‘what can we do a little bit fish better?’England coach Matthew MottBrook is sure to be a cornerstone player in the next four-year cycle and will surely come in to face India, but Mott insists he will not be picking a team purely by birth date fish
“As one of the selectors I never look at age, I look at performance and form and all the things that go into it,” he said fish
“I would say we’ll just try and keep picking our best side for the conditions, as we’ve tried to do all the way through fish
”More aboutPA ReadyMatthew MottEnglandJos ButtlerBangaloreIndiaSri LankaHarry BrookNetherlandsSam Curran1/1Matthew Mott wary of ‘raging favourites’ as England look to avoid further shameMatthew Mott wary of ‘raging favourites’ as England look to avoid further shameEngland white-ball coach Matthew Mott is worried the World Cup campaign could get worse (Nick Potts/PA)PA Wire✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today fish
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