UFC 298: Ilia Topuria dethrones Alexander Volkanovski with emphatic knockout

We have a new UFC featherweight champion.

Alexander Volkanovski's time atop the 145-pound throne is over as Ilia Topuria stunned the champion on Saturday night with a second-round knockout to become the new titleholder in Anaheim, California. Topuria, now on a seven-fight UFC winning streak and a 15-0 overall record, brings Spain's first UFC title. Topuria joins an exclusive list as the division's fifth champion, joining Volkanovski, Max Holloway, Jose Aldo and Conor McGregor.

For Volkanovski, his reign ends in the division he's owned for nearly seven years, with his 11-fight winning streak at featherweight ending. Volkanovski, 35, adds another loss to a discouraging statistic for older fighters – as with his loss, male fighters aged 35 and older are now 0-15 in UFC title fights at 155 books and less.

Brett Okamoto, Marc Raimondi and Jeff Wagenheim break down all the action from a drama-filled fight card in Anaheim.