LIVE: Volkanovski dominates early stages of title fight

Early takedown from Alexander Volkanovski aft a cagey opening wherever some men were sizing each different up.

The Aussie pushing his hostile towards the cage, but Rodriguez holding up well.

Three takedowns secured successful 4 attempts for Volkanovski successful the opening round.

His past submission triumph was successful 2015. 

The main lawsuit is yet underway!

Herb Dean the referee successful this one. Here we go! 

Just 1 much combat to spell past successful what's been an unthinkable UFC 290 card!

Alexander Volkanovski taking connected Yair Rodriguez successful the 2nd rubric combat of the night.

Both men making their entrances now. Definitely a precise pro-Rodriguez assemblage wrong T-Mobile Arena.

Alexandre Pantoja is the caller UFC flyweight champion of the world aft an implicit warfare against Brandon Moreno!

There's boos wrong T-Mobile Arena from the mostly pro-Mexican assemblage successful attendance.

Moreno landed 117 important strikes to Pantoja's 101 done the archetypal 5 rounds.

"That is simply a existent satellite title fight, a existent championship-calibre show from some fighters," Joe Rogan says.

"This is what title level mixed martial arts should look like. Just tremendous," Daniel Cormier adds.

Pantoja and his household are afloat of emotion aft that, his kids successful the basal successful tears. What a victory! 

We're heading into the last circular and what a combat this 1 has been!

Both fighters leaving everything retired determination connected the octagon. It's been an implicit warfare this one.

It's anyone's rubric heading into the last round.

Terrific effect from Alexandre Pantoja and he's staying live aft the champ Moreno took the honours successful the second.

You'd deliberation he's won 2 of the archetypal 3 rounds here. Blood dripping disconnected some fighters' heads, it's been a brutal encounter.

"We haven't seen Pantoja beaten up and tested similar this," says Joe Rogan.

Alexandre Pantoja came retired of the gates connected occurrence and tried to instrumentality Brandon Moreno retired successful the opening circular but the champ was capable to clasp on.

Now the Mexican has flipped the publication successful the 2nd round.

"He's a antithetic combatant now," says Cormier.

What does Pantoja person near successful the tank? He's starting to look truly bushed retired there.

We've got the archetypal of 2 rubric fights up adjacent successful Las Vegas!

Brandon Moreno and Alexandre Pantoja making their entrances present arsenic they hole to bash conflict for the flyweight rubric successful tonight's co-main event.