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In the main event, lightweight champion Islam Makhachev (23-1 MMA, 12-1 UFC) puts his title on the line against featherweight champ Alexander Volkanovski (25-1 ...

See The Fight Results As They Happen, Watch Post-Fight Interviews With The Winners And More From RAC Arena In Perth, Western Australia.

[Official Scorecards](https://www.ufc.com/news/official-judges-scorecards-ufc-284-makhachev-vs-volkanovski) ](https://plus.espn.com/ufc/ppv?ex_cid=DSS-OFF-UFC-INARTICLE-EN) [Alexander Volkanovski](/athlete/alexander-volkanovski)(25-1, fighting out of Windang, NSW) will attempt to make history yet again by becoming the first Australian to reach double champ status [Watch On ESPN+](https://www.ufc.com/ppv) [Josh Emmett](/athlete/josh-emmett)(18-2, fighting out of Sacramento, CA), currently ranked No.5 UFC featherweight, has five straight wins and is coming off a split decision win over Calvin Kattar in June [Watch On ESPN+](https://www.ufc.com/ppv) [UFC 284: Makhachev vs Volkanovski](/event/ufc-284), live from RAC Arena in Perth, Western Australia. The Mexican-born striker has just one loss in his past five fights [Jack Jenkins](/athlete/jack-jenkins)(10-2, fighting out of Melbourne, Australia) will make his UFC debut after winning a contract on Dana White’s Contender Series earlier this year. [Alexander “The Great” Volkanovski](/athlete/alexander-volkanovski) will take on newly crowned UFC lightweight champion, [Islam Makhachev](/athlete/islam-makhachev) in a five round championship bout. [Justin Tafa](/athlete/justin-tafa)(5-3, fighting out of Brisbane, Australia) will face American, [Parker Porter](/athlete/parker-porter)(13-7, fighting out of Hartford, Connecticut) [Watch On ESPN+](https://www.ufc.com/ppv) [Tyson Pedro](/athlete/tyson-pedro)(9-3, fighting out of Sydney, Australia) will take on [Modestas Bukauskas](/athlete/Modestas-Bukauskas)(13-5, fighting out of London, England by way of Klaipeda, Lithuania) [Watch On ESPN+](https://www.ufc.com/ppv) Jenkins will face [Don Shainis](/athlete/don-shainis)(12-4, fighting out of Stoughton, Massachusetts) at featherweight [Watch On ESPN+](https://www.ufc.com/ppv) [Loma Lookboonmee](/athlete/Loma-Lookboonmee)(7-2, fighting out of Phuket, Thailand) meets [Elise Reed](/athlete/elise-reed)(6-2, fighting out of Princeton, New Jersey) at strawweight [Watch On ESPN+](https://www.ufc.com/ppv)

Aussie featherweight star Jack Jenkins has emerged victorious on his UFC debut, out-pointing Don Shainis in a dominant unanimous decision victory.

It was one-way traffic in the third as Jenkins enjoyed plenty of success with the takedowns en route to a victory on the scorecards, earning two 30-27 scores and a 29-28 score. However, with less than 30 seconds to go, Jenkins then took Shainis down and almost slipped in a rear-naked choke but the American was able to squirm out of trouble as the horn sounded. Shainis managed to provide more resistance in the second round and managed to take Jenkins down to the ground and postured up in full mount. Culibao copped a brutal spinning heel kick from Baghdasaryan in the first round, with the Armenian’s heel catching the Aussie right in the Jatz crackers. In the second round, Culibao thought he copped a headbutt from Baghdasaryan but the referee did not halt the tense contest. Josh Culibao was the third Australian to secure a win in Perth with a stunning victory over Melsik Baghdasaryan.

Check out what the UFC 284 winners and guest fighters had to say backstage at Saturday's event in Perth, Australia.

UFC favourite Brittney Palmer stunned in a bikini as she holidays in Mexico.The promotion is Down Under this weekend for UFC 284 in Perth.But fight fa.

Her latest post also featured a snap of a series of drinks being clinked in front of a stunning sunset. UFC favourite Brittney Palmer stunned in a bikini as she holidays in Mexico. Instead, she has taken a break in Mexico.

See How The Judges Scored Every Round Of UFC 284: Makhachev vs Volkanovski, Live From RAC Arena In Perth, Western Australia.

](https://plus.espn.com/ufc/ppv?ex_cid=DSS-OFF-UFC-INARTICLE-EN) [Results, Interviews & More ](https://www.ufc.com/news/ufc-284-makhachev-vs-volkanovski-results-winner-interviews-lightweight-featherweight) [Loma Lookboonmee](https://www.ufc.com/athlete/Loma-Lookboonmee) defeats Elise Reed by Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) at 0:44 of Round 2. [UFC 284: Makhachev vs Volkanovski](/event/ufc-284), live from RAC Arena in Perth, Western Australia. [Alexander “The Great” Volkanovski](/athlete/alexander-volkanovski) will take on newly crowned UFC lightweight champion, [Islam Makhachev](/athlete/islam-makhachev) in a five round championship bout. [Alexander Volkanovski](https://www.ufc.com/athlete/alexander-volkanovski) [Watch On ESPN+](https://www.ufc.com/ppv) [Islam Makhachev](https://www.ufc.com/athlete/islam-makhachev) [Josh Emmett](https://www.ufc.com/athlete/josh-emmett) [Watch On ESPN+](https://www.ufc.com/ppv) [Yair Rodriguez](https://www.ufc.com/athlete/yair-rodriguez) [Jimmy Crute](https://www.ufc.com/athlete/jimmy-crute) [Tyson Pedro](https://www.ufc.com/athlete/tyson-pedro) [Josh Culibao](https://www.ufc.com/athlete/josh-culibao)

Can Alexander Volkanovski make UFC history, or will Islam Makhachev end the Aussie's momentum in front family and friends? The Sporting News will provide ...

ET ET GMT The Sporting News may earn an affiliate commission through our links when you sign up for a streaming service. New subscribers can pay a bundle price of $124.98 for the UFC 284 pay-per-view and an ESPN+ annual subscription, which offers savings of more than 30 percent. and Mexico on the Makhachev and Volkanovski should make their way to the octagon around 12:15 a.m. - Main card: 10 p.m. Makhachev holds the record for least absorbed strikes (0.95) in UFC history. The strike-happy Volkanovski faces a fighter in Makhachev who barely gets touched inside the octagon. He has done it all in the featherweight division and is looking to add to his nickname of “The Great." The fight will be in Volkanovski’s home of Australia, inside the RAC Arena. At UFC 284, two of the top fighters in MMA today face off for lightweight gold.

live from the RAC Arena in Perth, Australia, Islam Makhachev defends his UFC Lightweight Championship against featherweight title holder Alexander Volkanovski ...

In addition, we’re also covering the UFC 284 “Prelims” undercard bouts streaming live on ESPN and ESPN+ in a separate thread RIGHT HERE, beginning promptly at 6 p.m. Watch MMA Fighting’s UFC 284 Watch Party at 9:45 p.m. You can also purchase ESPN+ for $9.99/month and then buy UFC 284 for $79.99. You can also stream UFC pay-per-view events live on Hulu. In UFC 284’s co-main event, top-ranked Featherweight contenders Yair Rodriguez (No. You need an active subscription to both Hulu and ESPN+ (individual plans start at $9.99/each or you can purchase the Disney Bundle) and then you can buy the event through ESPN+. Hometown heroes Justin Tafa (heavyweight) and Jack Della Maddalena (welterweight) will also see main card PPV action. Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is bringing mixed martial arts (MMA) fans a special championship doubleheader with the UFC 284 pay-per-view (PPV) event, headlined by the “Champion vs. You can stream UFC 284 on Saturday, and Sunday, of course, is the hotly anticipated regular season matchup between the Memphis Grizzlies and Boston Celtics! UFC 284 is exclusive to ESPN+, so if you’re looking to stream this event, non-ESPN+ subscribers will need to sign up for ESPN+ (monthly or annual) and then purchase UFC 284, as PPVs are only available to ESPN+ subscribers. If you’re already an ESPN+ subscriber, you can purchase UFC 284 for $79.99. You can also purchase an ad-free Hulu version of the bundle for $19.99/month.

After years of campaigning from his family, friends and fans, Pulver (27-19-1) will be inducted as part of the class of 2023, the promotion announced Saturday ...

Las Vegas – UFC today announced that former UFC lightweight champion Jens Pulver will be inducted into the 2023 Class of the UFC Hall of Fame as a Pioneer.

His next title defense would take place on January 11, 2002, against future UFC Hall of Famer BJ Penn in the main event of UFC®35: THROWDOWN. Jens would compete 13 times across a number of MMA promotions over the next four years, most notably PRIDE and Shooto, before returning to UFC to face Joe Lauzon at UFC® 63: HUGHES vs. Pulver would vacate his title and leave UFC after this event. Pulver would lose his return bout against Lauzon and his next fight, a rematch against Penn as the main event of The Ultimate Fighter® Season 5 Finale. Jens would defeat Dennis Hallman via unanimous decision and become the first UFC lightweight champion to defend their title. This event would serve as the first UFC event sanctioned by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Jens could do it all in the Octagon, and it will be an honor to induct him into the UFC Hall of Fame this summer.” Jens returned to the Octagon for his fourth UFC bout against John Lewis at UFC® 28: HIGH STAKES, which took place on November 17, 2000. The 2023 UFC Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, presented by Toyo Tires, will take place during the 11th annual UFC International Fight Week this summer in Las Vegas and will be streamed live on UFC FIGHT PASS. Jens made his UFC debut as part of UFC® 22: ONLY ONE CAN BE CHAMPION, which took place on September 24, 1999, in Lake Charles, Louisiana. After the event, the division was renamed to lightweight, making Jens UFC’s first lightweight champion. The Pioneers Era category includes athletes who turned professional before November 17, 2000 (when the unified rules of mixed martial arts were adopted), are a minimum age of 35, or who have been retired for one year or more.

Jens Pulver, the first lightweight champion in UFC history, has been inducted into the pioneer wing of the promotion's Hall of Fame.

Nicknamed "Lil Evil," he went on to defend the title twice, against [Dennis Hallman](http://www.espn.com/mma/fighter/_/id/2488860/dennis-hallman) and [BJ Penn](http://www.espn.com/mma/fighter/_/id/2335629/bj-penn), in what was the peak of his career. He will become the 18th member of the UFC's pioneer wing, alongside two of his former teammates in Miletich and Hughes. [Caol Uno](http://www.espn.com/mma/fighter/_/id/2354243/caol-uno) at UFC 30 in Atlantic City.

Pulver started his mixed martial arts career in 1999, fighting twice in tournaments early in the year and picking up a win over future lightweight title ...

"No one will ever forget his knockout of John Lewis or his win over BJ Penn in their first fight, and his fight against Urijah Faber in 2008 was the biggest fight in WEC history at the time. Pulver would continue to compete in and outside of the Octagon at an incredible rate. The UFC's inaugural lightweight champion is officially Hall of Fame bound.

The crowd at the RAC Arena in Perth will certainly be amped for Australian native Volkanovski. The world featherweight champion capped his 2022 with a ...

A spinning back kick from Rodriguez misses but he lands a hard right hand to the head. I don't think a gassed Crute is going to have recovered with his legs back by the start of the second round. Now Makhachev staggers Volkanovski with a punch, dropping him to a knee. That was a round of two halves as Volkanovski took the first and Makhachev came on strong for the second. Another kick to the body followed by a compact right hand. Volkanovski connects on a left hand to the head. He's grappling Volkanovski on the ground now, trying to stretch him out, take his back fully and threaten a submission. Volkanovski pumps a jab from the back foot but Makhachev is stalking him and forward fighting with some pressure. Makhachev with a left moments later but Volkanovski advances and scores on a quick flurry. Makhachev grabs hold of a striking Volkanovski and takes him down. Volkanovski fires a few punches that land and now he takes stuffs a Makhachev takedown. Though Volkanovski would drop Makhachev a couple of times in the fight, he was never able to deliver additional, significant damage.

Makhachev won a unanimous decision with two judges scoring the fight 48-47 and the other 49-46.

From the moment it was announced as the main event for Saturday's UFC 284 event in Perth, Australia, Alexander Volkanovski and Islam Makhachev's...

Yet UFC 229—the card that the fight headlined—remains the biggest pay-per-view in UFC history by a massive margin. McGregor challenged Khabib Nurmagomedov—Makhachev's friend and mentor—for the lightweight belt in 2018. However, he is riding an impressive submission win over Michael Chandler and remains one of the lightweight division's greatest fighters, so it wouldn't be a travesty. While Dariush should clearly be the next man up for Makhachev and the lightweight belt, circumstances may again deprive him of the opportunity. That could temporarily derail his title dreams, but should that fight happen and he gets by the Brazilian, the next lightweight title shot is irrefutably his. Poirier is never in a boring fight, so we can count on this one being exciting for as long as it lasts. That streak has earned him the No. I know Conor McGregor hasn't won a fight since he defeated a shopworn Donald Cerrone in 2020. Champion-versus-champion fights are always a big deal, and this one felt particularly special given the pound-for-pound stature of the two men. However, it was close enough that a win for either man would have been justifiable and that neither man would lose any ground in defeat. The latter division even has an interim champion now after Yair Rodriguez defeated Josh Emmett in the UFC 284 co-main event. You'd be hard-pressed to find anybody who didn't love the idea of Saturday night's Makhachev vs.

Islam Makhachev (24-1-0) is still the undisputed UFC lightweight champion of the world after defeating Alexander Volkanovski (25-2-0) via unanimous decision ...

Even though Makhachev seemed to be more physically hurt, he controlled the pace through the first four rounds. 1 PFP fighter in the world and continue his 12-fight winning streak, but he couldn't finish the job. Unless they see a knocked out individual, nothing will convince them their fighter lost. [Volkanovski vs Makhachev: One of the five greatest fights in UFC history](https://www.marca.com/en/ufc/2023/02/11/63e78b0822601db5108b4599.html) - UFC. [Makhachev vs Volkanovski: First time UFC pits top two ranked fighters against each other](https://www.marca.com/en/ufc/2023/02/11/63e7a5eb22601d7c448b45de.html)

The noise was deafening. The support, as Volkanovski put it in his post-fight press conference, was “incredible”. The capacity crowd at RAC Arena was behind ...

The impact of Volk and numerous others include Jack Della [Maddalena], who had an incredible performance as well, I think it makes a lot of sense to come back.” “You think about London last March and Paris, a few of the Vegas events, and this is right up there. We went through [it], a few of us in the back, just going through some of the really memorable events over the last 12 months at least. It was loud. “I feel like I’ve been at a Metallica concert just sitting in front of the speakers. The noise was deafening.

Alexander 'The Great' Volkanovski moved up to a weight class, from featherweight, in order to challenge lightweight champion Islam Makhachev for the 155 pound ...

The 26 year old wants to progress his career after his win. Jack Della Maddalena proved himself to be a worthy contender in the welterweight division. Rodriguez utilised his kickboxing and range to do damage to Emmett on the feet. Volks is the double-champ! Islam Makhachev shows he’s worthy of being the new pound for pound number one fighter in the UFC after an impressive display at UFC 284. Alexander ‘The Great’ Volkanovski moved up to a weight class, from featherweight, in order to challenge lightweight champion Islam Makhachev for the 155 pound belt.

Volkanovski loses unanimous decision to Islam Makhachev in Perth. It is the Wollongong fighter's first ever Octagon defeat.

A cacophony of boos rang out among the 14,000 fans as the Russian’s arm was lifted to signal the result via unanimous decision. You like, or you don’t like, I am best fighter in the world right now.” “But it was a fun fight. Wollongong-based featherweight champion Volkanovski had been vying to become just the fifth UFC fighter to hold two titles at once. I was expecting to win. Volkanovski was humble in defeat.