When all is said and done, UFC 290 will go down as one of the best Ultimate Fighting Championship cards of 2023.
Alexander Volkanovski re-asserted his dominance over the rest of the featherweight division with a third-round technical knockout victory over Yair Rodriguez in Saturday’s main event at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Meanwhile, Alexandre Pantoja claimed the flyweight crown in far more dramatic fashion, taking a split verdict over Brandon Moreno in the evening’s co-headliner. Elsewhere, Dricus Du Plessis staked his claim to the No.