Having touched on Ilia Topuria's love for Real Madrid, he's one for you... Former Real captain Sergio Ramos was at the weigh-in with Topuria and is expected to be cageside tonight.

Another one missing El Clasico for UFC 308!

I'm sure Ilia Topuria winced when the date for his fight was revealed. It just happens to clash with Real Madrid's home clash against bitter rivals Barcelona in La Liga.

Despite Topuria having to miss El Clasico, he could make it a night he'll never forget if he and Los Blancos were to come away victorious.

I wonder if he knows it's currently 0-0...

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Paul Battison
BBC Sport journalist

Khamzat Chimaev usually has a rapid start to his fights and we've seen on multiple occasions how he overwhelms opponents in the opening few minutes.

During wins against Gilbert Burns and Kamaru Usman, however, Chimaev slowed down as the bouts went on, giving opponents hope if they can survive the early onslaught.

There's no doubt Chimaev would have worked on his cardio with this bout being five rounds, but you feel the longer this matchup goes on, the better chance Whittaker will have.

What a fight this could be!

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Next up is a mouth-watering middleweight bout between Russia's Khamzat Chimaev and Australia's Robert Whittaker.

The unbeaten Chimaev had an explosive start to his UFC career, beating two opponents inside 10 days, but had had his momentum halted in recent years due to injuries and illness.

Former middleweight champion Whittaker, however, is coming off the back of two impressive wins over Paulo Costa and Ikram Aliskerov this year.

A win for either fighter puts them at the front of the queue waiting to challenge South African champion Dricus du Plessis.

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Here's a result for you - Magomed Ankalaev has beaten Aleksandar Rakic by unanimous decision.

Up next is Robert Whittaker against Khamzat Chimaev.

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You'll struggle to find a more respected fighter on the UFC roster than Max Holloway, but there's a good reason for that.

The 32-year-old has already enjoyed a glittering career, winning the featherweight title in 2017, before adding the commemorative BMF belt to his collection by beating Justin Gaethje in April.

Over his 12-year stint in the UFC the Hawaiian has set a number of records, including:

• Most significant strikes landed in UFC history at 3378
• Most significant strikes landed in a single fight (445 against Calvin Katter in 2021)
• Most wins in featherweight history at 20
• Most finishes in featherweight history at 11
• Longest win streak in featherweight history at 13

Now I've got your minds fresh on that incredible Max Holloway knockout against Justin Gaethje, I want to know what the best KO you've seen in the UFC is.

Jorge Masvidal's flying knee on Ben Askren always springs to mind, as does Conor McGregor's 13-second KO of Jose Aldo.

Let us know using the contact details above!

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Remember this? I'm sure you do!

UFC 300 produced a fight-of-the-year contender when Max Holloway stunningly knocked out Justin Gaethje in the final seconds.

Amazingly, it Holloway's second one-punch knockout in a row.

Six months later, Holloway fights for the UFC featherweight title. Another finish like that, please!

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For years Alexander Volkanovski reigned as the king of the UFC featherweight division, defeating Max Holloway three times in one of the sport's best ever rivalries.

But then came Ilia Topuria.

The Georgian-Spaniard came into the bout in February unbeaten in his first 14 bouts, before knocking Volkanovski out in the second round to become his nations' first ever UFC champion.

Since debuting in the UFC four years ago, he has finished five of his seven opponents, in a rapid rise to the top.

Can he now make the first defence of his title, or will former champion Holloway regain the belt he lost to Volkanovski five years ago?

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Lerone Murphy speaking to TNT Sports: "Josh Emmett man, let's go. I want somebody in that top ten. I think I've deserved it now, 15-0, eight fights undefeated in the UFC. I've had half of my professional fights in the UFC, the top level in the world.

"Give me somebody in that top ten, let's go Josh Emmett."

Murphy is pumped, as he should be aftering fighting back. Interestingly he says the knockdown was only a "flash knockdown" and that he wasn't hurt.

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Here we go then, let's hear from Lerone Murphy after another fine win to keep his unbeaten run alive.

Paul Battison
BBC Sport journalist

One man who will be keeping a close eye on this fight between Magomed Ankalaev and Aleksandar Rakic is light-heavyweight champion Alex Pereira.

The Brazilian has had a remarkable year, defending his title three times, and has beaten almost every top contender in the division in emphatic fashion, except Ankalaev.

The Russian is unbeaten since 2018, winning 10 fights while narrowly missing out on the title in a draw with Jan Blachowicz in 2022.

Should Ankalaev beat Austria's Rakic, he will be the overwhelming favourite to be Pereira's next challenger.

As we wait for the main event of the night, another fight is about to get under way with Magomed Ankalaev going toe-to-toe with Aleksandar Rakic. We won't be bringing you round-by-round updates but we'll chip in if something major happens!

Manchester's Lerone Murphy gave his thoughts on Ilia Topuria's title defence against Max Holloway.

Murphy, a featherweight himself, is backing this to be a "close" fight.

"Topuria’s a high-level fighter, very good quality fighter everywhere, and he’s coming with the Conor McGregor kind of swagger now the way he’s talking shit to everybody, but he has the skills to back it up to be fair.

"I think it’s going to be a close fight, I think it will either be Topuria early or Holloway going the distance. If Topuria can’t get him out of there early I think Holloway takes it."

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Now we've got Lerone Murphy's win confirmed, let's move on to building up to the main event of the night; Ilia Topuria v Max Holloway.

We'll have quotes shortly for you from Murphy but I can tell you he did just call out Josh Emmett.

All three judges give it to the Manchester fighter by a score of 29-28.

Murphy now moves to 15-0 with one draw. Is 2025 going to be the year he gets a world title chance?

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What a win for Murphy!

Great defensive work from Murphy to drag himself back to his feet while taking very little damage. Murphy needs to do something to clinch the round and he attempts a submission of his own. Into the final 15 seconds and they're both swinging!

Murphy is the one who lands with some heavy shots. He even tried a flying knee!

This one is too close to call as we go to the scorecards...

Daniel Cormier
Retired two-weight UFC champion on TNT Sports

Lerone Murphy needs to get to his feet. He cannot stay here.