By Harry Davies Ilia Topuria knocked Alex Volkanovski out cold to become the new UFC featherweight champion. Volkanovski came into the fight having been knocked out for the first time in his career when he lost to lightweight champion Islam Makhachev in their UFC 294 rematch last October. Topuria was unbeaten in 14 fights and set himself up for a world title fight by battering Josh Emmett over five rounds in his last outing. Topuria had a slow start and barely threw any strikes in the opening minute whilst Volkanovski was picking away with lots of low kicks. The challenger started to up his ou…