LIVE: Volkanovski monsters Mexican to retain title

Alexander Volkanovski continues to marque fans basal up and instrumentality announcement with his unthinkable run.

The Volk does it again!

Alexander Volkanovski finishes disconnected Yair Rodriguez successful the 3rd circular aft a genuinely ascendant performance.

It was a amended circular from Rodriguez arsenic helium began to nail immoderate of his kicks, but helium near himself wide unfastened and Volkanovski collected him with a immense close manus earlier taking him to the crushed and pounding him until Herb Dean intervened.

"That's crazy. This feline is lb for lb No.1. He's the best. He's conscionable truthful smart," says Daniel Cormier.

Volkanovski is present 2nd wide successful UFC rubric combat wins with six, with lone Jose Aldo's 8 up of him.

It's been each Alexander Volkanovski done the archetypal 2 rounds of this one.

The Aussie has done the bulk of his enactment astatine crushed level, cutting up Rodriguez, who volition request to effort and enactment connected his feet if helium wants to get backmost into this one.

To marque matters worse for the Mexican, helium receives a "hard warning" from referee Herb Dean for grabbing the cage portion grappling.

"Alexander Volkanovski is simply a monster. I mean connected top, helium is conscionable nasty," says Daniel Cormier.

"Volkanovski doing a fantastic occupation of controlling this fight. Volk is benignant of large brothering him now," Joe Rogan adds.

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.