Ilia Topuria's assent to unprecedented UFC history has been bulletproof. He did some amazing things prior to Saturday, but a first-round knockout of Charles Oliveira to become the first undefeated two-division champion in UFC history is easily his crowning achievement.

Ilia Topuria continued his ascension up the pound-for-pound ladder with a major statement via a vicious first-round knockout of Charles Oliveira to win the vacant lightweight championship at UFC 317.

Former UFC lightweight champion Charles Oliveira entered his fight against Ilia Topuria with high hopes of reclaiming gold at UFC 317. Topuria’s precision striking, however, proved too much. The Georgian-Spanish phenom,