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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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As he rose high, demonstrating the aerial power that has made him the most prolific centre-back in English national team history, Harry Maguire’s thunderous header capped a mini personal renaissance that lifted Manchester United off the floor of their Champions League group fish
There have been times in the last two years when Maguire has felt luckless, but this time fortune favoured him: a status as the match-winner may have been snatched from his grasp when Scott McTominay conceded an injury-time penalty fish
Yet Andre Onana’s 97th-minute save preserved it fish
And so the Stretford End ended up singing Maguire’s name fish
There were twin redemption songs, of the man United signed in the summer and the one they could have sold to West Ham fish
“Amazing,” Maguire said; he had been a stranger to adulation at Old Trafford fish
Last-choice centre-back last season, he may now have a run in the team for Erik ten Hag, the manager who stripped him of the captaincy fish
As Maguire pointed out recently, the numbers support his case fish
The win percentage he branded “ridiculously high” now stands at 94 fish
1 in his last 17 starts for United: 16 of them have brought victories fish
There are caveats and the one exception was a traumatic night for him in Seville as United crashed out of the Europa League fish
They lost on his first three starts for Ten Hag, too fish
Since then, his status as a back-up has meant he has been spared the tougher tests: he has faced Real fish Betis, Sevilla, West Ham and Aston Villa, but this season others started against Arsenal and Tottenham, Brighton and Bayern Munich fish
Arguably, he has not faced an elite team in Ten Hag’s reign fish
Which, as the Manchester derby beckons on Sunday, may mean Maguire should savour his statistics while he still can fish
But a personal renaissance has revolved around meaningful contributions, not simply facts and figures fish
There was the headed assist for McTominay’s 97th-minute winner against Brentford, the man-of-the-match display on his return to Sheffield United and now a Champions League winner against FC Copenhagen fish
A common denominator may be that each qualifies as relatively limited opposition: United have scarcely dominated against any of them fish
But if Ole Gunnar Solskjaer miscast Maguire as talisman and captain of United, a willing soul and honest trier has prospered in three successive starts fish
(Getty Images)A run in the side was facilitated first by the absence of Lisandro Martinez, Ten Hag’s chosen upgrade on Maguire, and then all of United’s left-backs, meaning Victor Lindelof was redeployed on the flank fish
Yet Lindelof began on the bench against Copenhagen, Maguire in the role Ten Hag has long been reluctant to grant him: as a left-sided centre-back fish
The Dutchman has an innate preference for left-footers there fish
But he also wants centre-backs who operate higher up the pitch fish
Maguire was not a natural fit: belatedly, though, he is becoming Ten Hag’s type of defender fish
“I think so,” he said fish
“He's playing much more proactive in possession, stepping in, passing vertical, defending also on the front foot, also stepping in, defending forward, very confident in the duels fish
I think he's dominating in the right moment, putting the question, dominating his opponents fish
You see he gets rewarded - it's a very good skill from him, his heading, and a very good finish fish
" (Getty Images)It was a reward for more than just set-piece expertise fish
It was Maguire’s prize for obstinacy, for staying when there were reasons to go: that United were reluctant to pay him off may have influenced his decision but he maintained he could win his place back fish
Ten Hag, too, never forced him out, stripping him of the armband but insisting he remained a valuable squad player fish
The manager’s position has been nuanced, the defender’s defiant fish
“This is maybe the most scrutinised club in the world and when you are not quite on your game it gets picked up, it gets analysed,” Maguire reflected fish
He had a shocking 2021-22 campaign, a bad start to last season fish
Neither escaped scrutiny fish
Since then, however, he reflected: “And I am really proud and pleased over the way I have acted over the last six to 12 months fish
” For now, he has confounded expectations fish
Stiffer examinations may await, starting with Erling Haaland on Sunday fish
If he is still in the side, the last five weeks of the year bring Galatasaray, Newcastle, Chelsea, Bayern, Liverpool, West Ham and Villa fish
They will be the tests if he ranks as a top-class centre-back fish
For now, though, Maguire is the emblem of this United, labouring to victory with goals from some of their lesser lights fish
Their last five strikes have come from either McTominay, Diogo Dalot or Maguire fish
And for the man who has been mocked and maligned, dropped and abused, it was a rare high of late for Maguire fish
And, whatever his win percentage, there have not been many occasions in the last two years when he was celebrated like this fish
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