UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Volkov

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UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Volkov
The poster for UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Volkov
PromotionUltimate Fighting Championship
DateMarch 17, 2018 (2018-03-17)
VenueThe O2 Arena
CityLondon, England
Attendance16,274[1]
Event chronology
UFC 222: Cyborg vs. Kunitskaya UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Volkov UFC 223: Khabib vs. Iaquinta

UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Volkov (also known as UFC Fight Night 127) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that was held on March 17, 2018, at The O2 Arena in London, England.[2]

Background

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A heavyweight bout between former UFC Heavyweight Champion Fabrício Werdum and former Bellator Heavyweight Champion Alexander Volkov headlined this event.[3]

Promotional newcomer Dmitry Poberezhets was expected to face Mark Godbeer at this event. However, Poberezhets was forced to pull out from the card on January 25 due to injury and was replaced by fellow newcomer Dmitry Sosnovskiy.[4]

Rustam Khabilov was expected to face Kajan Johnson at this event. However, Khabilov pulled out of the fight on February 8 citing injury and was replaced by Stevie Ray.[5][6]

Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos was scheduled to face Jack Marshman at the event. However, Zaleski pulled out of the fight on February 19 citing a knee injury.[7] He was replaced by Brad Scott.[8] In turn, Marshman was removed from the card two days before the event due to medical issues surrounding his weight cut and the bout was scrapped.[9]

On March 8, it was reported that Alex Reyes pulled out of his bout against Nasrat Haqparast due to injury.[10] On March 12, Nad Narimani was announced as his replacement.[11] The bout was scrapped minutes before the event as Haqparast was deemed unfit to fight by the medical team due to an infectious eye condition.[12]

Results

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Main Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Heavyweight Alexander Volkov def. Fabrício Werdum KO (punches) 4 1:38
Light Heavyweight Jan Błachowicz def. Jimi Manuwa Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) 3 5:00
Bantamweight Tom Duquesnoy def. Terrion Ware Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) 3 5:00
Welterweight Leon Edwards def. Peter Sobotta TKO (punches) 3 4:59
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Middleweight Charles Byrd def. John Phillips Submission (rear-naked choke) 1 3:58
Welterweight Danny Roberts def. Oliver Enkamp KO (punch) 1 2:12
Featherweight Danny Henry def. Hakeem Dawodu Technical Submission (guillotine choke) 1 0:39
Light Heavyweight Paul Craig def. Magomed Ankalaev Submission (triangle choke) 3 4:59
Lightweight Kajan Johnson def. Stevie Ray Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) 3 5:00
Heavyweight Dmitriy Sosnovskiy def. Mark Godbeer Submission (rear-naked choke) 2 4:29

Bonus awards

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The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses:[13]

  • Fight of the Night: Jan Błachowicz vs. Jimi Manuwa
  • Performance of the Night: Alexander Volkov and Paul Craig

See also

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References

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