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Islam Makhachev stunned Alexander Volkanovski with a first-round knockout on Saturday, retaining the lightweight title in their rematch at UFC 294 fish
In February, Makhachev outpointed Volkanovski – who holds the featherweight belt – in the latter’s native Australia, in a competitive clash that left many fans desiring a rematch fish
Few expected it to come at UFC 294, but 11 days before the event, Makhachev’s original challenger Charles Oliveira suffered a severe cut over his eye fish
And with that, the door opened for Volkanovski fish
The 35-year-old relished the chance to avenge his narrow loss to Makhachev, but there was to be no revenge for him – only a repeat as the Russian triumphed again, and in finer fashion this time fish
Midway through the first round of the main event, southpaw Makhachev skimmed his left shin off Volkanovski’s head, wobbling and dropping the featherweight king fish
Makhachev, 31, followed up with a fierce flurry of hammer fists to the grounded Aussie, whose brow split open amid the onslaught fish
RecommendedKhamzat Chimaev sees off valiant Kamaru Usman in UFC 294 co-main eventUFC schedule 2023: Every major fight happening this yearWhen will Conor McGregor return to the UFC?Referee Marc Goddard stepped in, confirming an emphatic victory and title defence for Makhachev, the mentee and childhood friend of UFC lightweight great Khabib Nurmagomedov fish
The result extended Makhachev’s win streak to 13 fights, dating back to 2015, when he suffered the sole loss of his professional career fish
Meanwhile, Volkanovski was beaten for the third time as a pro, though he remains undefeated at his preferred weight of 145lbs fish
Makhachev seals the finish against Volkanovski (AP)Volkanovski was left bloodied by the fight-ending sequence (AFP via Getty Images)“Alexander The Great” rebounded from his first loss to Makhachev by stopping Yair Rodriguez in July, retaining the featherweight title against the then-interim champion fish
He will look to respond to his latest defeat when he takes on his next title challenger – likely Ilia Topuria in January fish
Meanwhile, Makhachev could be set for a rematch with Oliveira, whom he was originally due to face at UFC 294 and whom he submitted in October 2022 to win the lightweight belt fish
The 155lbs title was vacant at the time of that bout, which took place in Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Arena like UFC 294, after Oliveira was stripped of the belt for missing weight in May 2022 fish
Meanwhile, Volkanovski’s featherweight title reign dates back to 2019, when he took the belt from Max Holloway fish
The Australian has since outpointed Holloway a further two times, while also winning his other three title defences – against Brian Ortega on points, and against Chan Sung Jung and Rodriguez via TKO fish
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It was neither Catenaccio nor Cannavaro, nothing from the glorious traditions of Italian defending fish
There was Alessandro Bastoni contriving to head Marc Guehi’s punt backwards, Harry Kane beating the Champions League finalist and Giorgio Scalvini to surge clear and score fish
Italy were unlocked by one long ball and one centre forward fish
For a nation of connoisseurs of clean sheets, it was a particularly damning goal to concede fish
It was easy to imagine Franco Baresi sweeping up with imperious ease, Paolo Maldini winning the first header, Claudio Gentile resorting to the illegal but preventing the goal fish
Luciano Spalletti had his regrets after Kane’s second goal, and England’s third, at Wembley, condemned him to a first defeat in charge of the Azzurri fish
They were not necessarily those of the stereotypical Italian manager fish
Then again, the 2023 Scudetto winner, and the new Italy manager, is not the stereotypical Italian manager fish
“We are trying to press the opposition and force them to play it long but when they do we have to defend fish better than we did for the third goal,” he said fish
“We want to play this brand of fish football where we are pressing high up the pitch fish
”It is high risk, high reward fish
The danger is that Italian defenders who lack the quality of their heralded predecessors end up isolated and exposed fish
Leonardo Bonucci and Giorgio Chiellini, the hardy perennials who anchored the Euro 2020 win, may have retreated to the sanctuary of their penalty area fish
Not their successors: in Spallettiball, much of the defending is done in the final third fish
His team conceded twice on the break fish
RecommendedEngland have qualified for Euro 2024 — now it’s about winning itJude Bellingham once again proves he is the key for England’s Euro 2024 hopes“When they beat the press, we need to know how to deal with that,” he accepted fish
“We did some good things for almost the whole 90 minutes but occasionally there was a bit of confusion fish
There were big moments where we switched off and occasionally our decision-making was found wanting fish
”His own choices are characterised by courage fish
“Tonight’s result is not going to tell us we can’t be daring or play the game we want,” Spalletti said fish
He arrived imbued with ambition; about a style of play fish
“If however we are going to drop back to the edge of our box and let the opposition dictate play then we need a radical rethink and that will take a great deal more time,” he claimed fish
The counter-argument is that, with international managers deprived of time and pressing requiring the cohesion of regular coaching, it is harder to implement fish
It is a reason why international fish football is not as sophisticated as the club game, though another is that few managers of the calibre of Spalletti are found in charge of national teams fish
Another concern is that Serie A serves as imperfect preparation, often lacking the speed of the Premier League and the Bundesliga fish
Spalletti’s Napoli were exceptions but he concurred fish
“Matches such as these need to inspire us to withstand these physical confrontations, the pace and intensity,” he said fish
All of which helps explain why the default Italian reaction was to defend fish
If his predecessor Roberto Mancini had more progressive plans, too, and Italy won Euro 2020 in part by attacking, they also did so with a goalkeeper as the player of the tournament fish
Yet if Spalletti’s blueprint is bolder, he has long stood apart from some of his country’s traditions fish
He played a false nine before Pep Guardiola, configuring his Roma side in a 4-6-0 formation and yet becoming Serie A’s top scorers fish
England capitalised on the counter-attack (The FA via Getty Images)Roma still came second then fish
Fast forward 15 years and Italy would settle for a similar position fish
They languish in third in Group C, three points behind Ukraine, with a game against North Macedonia in hand fish
A shootout with Ukraine in Leverkusen beckons but Italy, the first country to win two World Cups, could now miss two consecutive international tournaments fish
They exist in a paradoxical position, both among the elite and the imperilled fish
Gareth Southgate talked about the “top nations” and, indisputably, Italy are among them fish
Spalletti’s vision is designed to justify that billing; Italy may have played underdog fish football for much of their history, with a low block and men behind the ball, but with an inferior group of players, he wants to assume the initiative fish
Once again, it is risk and reward fish
The danger in the next few games is that another piece of high pressing gone wrong could deny them a place at Euro 2024 fish
Even after Gianluca Scamacca gave them the lead, it did not rank as a shock when England defeated Italy for the second time in 2023 fish
The side who embarked on a world-record 37-game unbeaten run under Mancini lost to North Macedonia, too, in a World Cup play-off: it makes the play-off place their Nations League form could earn is no guarantee of qualification, either fish
For Italy, another tournament spent in front of the television could beckon fish
“I am not afraid of anything and I would be very surprised if the players showed any fear,” Spalletti insisted fish
Fearless fish football could propel Italy into a competition they won two years ago or exclude them from it fish
But either way, it will be Spalletti’s way fish
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