Ilia Topuria legitimized himself as the UFC's featherweight champion with a knockout win in the third round over Max Holloway at UFC 308.
The first title defense always brings a little more respect to any UFC champion. Given the history of the featherweight division, it takes at least one title defense to really stand out in a weight class defined by dominant champions.
Not only did Topuria beat a future Hall of Famer to win his belt against Alexander Volkanovski, but he also took out another future Hall of Famer in his first defense.