UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Volkov

UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Volkov
The poster for UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Volkov.
Information
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	March 17, 2018 (2018-03-17)
Venue	The O2 Arena
City	London, England
Attendance	16,274 [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

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

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

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

• List of UFC events
• List of current UFC fighters
• 2018 in UFC

References

1. Staff (17 March 2018). "UFC Fight Night 127 draws announced 16,274 attendance for $2,028,000 live gate". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
2. Bruce Archer (3 November 2017). "UFC London: English capital to host 10th event in 2018". express.co.uk. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
3. Staff (1 February 2018). "Fabricio Werdum vs. Alexander Volkov set as main event for UFC Fight Night 127 in London". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
4. Marcel Dorff (25 January 2018). "Mark Godbeer faces another Dmitry at UFC London" (in Dutch). mmadna.nl. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
5. Marcel Dorff (8 February 2018). "Rustam Khabilov injured, Kajan Johnson without opponent for UFC London" (in Dutch). mmadna.nl. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
6. Staff (8 February 2018). "Kajan Johnson says Stevie Ray has stepped in as UFC-London replacement". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
7. Marcelo Barone (19 February 2018). "Capoeira suffers injury and is out of the fight against Jack Marshman at UFC London" (in Portuguese). sportv.globo.com. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
8. Staff (26 February 2018). "Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos out, Jack Marshman meets Bradley Scott at UFC-London". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
9. Mike Bohn (15 March 2018). "Jack Marshman pulled from UFC Fight Night 127 lineup vs. Bradley Scott". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
10. Michael Fiedel (8 March 2018). "Alex Reyes out of UFC London, replacements campaigning for fight". mma-today.com. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
11. Marcel Dorff (12 March 2018). "Cage Warriors Champion Nad Narimani tackles short notice battle at UFC London" (in Dutch). mmadna.nl. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
12. Staff (17 March 2018). "Nasrat Haqparast eye condition scraps fight with Nad Narimani at UFC-London". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
13. Dan Hiergesell (17 March 2018). "UFC Fight Night 127 bonuses: Alexander Volkov's main event knockout leads $50K winners". mmamania.com. Retrieved 18 March 2018.