UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Struve

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UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Struve
A poster or logo for UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Struve.
Information
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date September 2, 2017 (2017-09-02)
Venue Rotterdam Ahoy
City Rotterdam, Netherlands
Attendance 10,224[1]
Total gate $900,000[1]
Event chronology
UFC Fight Night: Pettis vs. Moreno UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Struve UFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2

UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Struve (also known as UFC Fight Night 115) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on September 2, 2017 at Rotterdam Ahoy in Rotterdam, Netherlands.[2]

Background

A heavyweight bout between former Bellator Heavyweight Champion Alexander Volkov and Stefan Struve headlined the event.[3][4]

Promotional newcomer Abu Azaitar was expected to face Siyar Bahadurzada at the event, but pulled out in early August and was replaced by fellow newcomer Rob Wilkinson.[5]

Also in early August, Islam Makhachev pulled out of a scheduled bout against Michel Prazeres and was replaced by another newcomer in Mads Burnell.[6]

On August 11, Marcos Rogério de Lima was pulled from his bout against Saparbek Safarov after being flagged by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) for a potential anti-doping violation stemming from an out-of-competition sample collected on August 1.[7] Subsequently, Safarov was also forced from the card with a rib injury.[8]

Nick Hein was expected to face promotional newcomer Zabit Magomedsharipov at this event, but pulled out on August 21 due to injury.[9] Hein was replaced by promotional newcomer Mike Santiago .[10]

Former UFC Women's Featherweight Champion Germaine de Randamie was expected to face Marion Reneau at the event. However, de Randamie pulled out of the fight on August 25 citing injury.[11] She was replaced by promotional newcomer Talita Bernardo.[12]

At the weigh ins, Michel Prazeres missed the lightweight limit of 156 pounds, coming in at 159 pounds. As a result his bout with Mads Burnell was changed to a catchweight and Prazeres was fined 20% of his purse.[13]

Results

Main Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Heavyweight Alexander Volkov def. Stefan Struve TKO (punches) 3 3:30
Middleweight Siyar Bahadurzada def. Rob Wilkinson TKO (punches) 2 3:10
Women's Bantamweight Marion Reneau def. Talita Bernardo TKO (punches) 3 4:54
Welterweight Leon Edwards def. Bryan Barberena Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Welterweight Darren Till def. Bojan Veličković Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00
Lightweight Mairbek Taisumov def. Felipe Silva KO (punch) 1 1:24
Catchweight (159 lb) Michel Prazeres def. Mads Burnell Submission (north-south choke) 3 1:26
Lightweight Rustam Khabilov def. Desmond Green Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) 3 5:00
Light Heavyweight Aleksandar Rakić def. Francimar Barroso Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00
Featherweight Zabit Magomedsharipov def. Mike Santiago Submission (rear-naked choke) 2 4:22
Light Heavyweight Abdul-Kerim Edilov def. Bojan Mihajlović TKO (punches) 2 2:32
Lightweight Thibault Gouti def. Andrew Holbrook TKO (punches) 1 4:28

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Bonus awards

The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses:[15]

  • Fight of the Night: Alexander Volkov vs. Stefan Struve
  • Performance of the Night: Mairbek Taisumov and Zabit Magomedsharipov

See also

References

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