Ilia Topuria continued his ascension up the pound-for-pound ladder with a major statement via a vicious first-round knockout of Charles Oliveira to win the vacant lightweight championship at UFC 317.

Featherweight champion Ilia Topuria vowed to become the first man to knock out Max Holloway.

Alexander Volkanovski defeated Max Holloway for the third time Saturday night.

Alexander Volkanovski has already beaten Max Holloway twice in UFC featherweight title fights, and that still wasn’t enough to settle this rivalry.