UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik

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UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik
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Information
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
DateJune 4, 2022 (2022-06-04)
Venue UFC Apex
City Enterprise, Nevada, United States
AttendanceNot announced [1]
Event chronology
UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik UFC 275: Teixeira vs. Procházka

UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik (also known as UFC Fight Night 207 and UFC on ESPN+ 65 or UFC Vegas 56) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on June 4, 2022, at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States. [2]

Contents

Background

A heavyweight bout between former Bellator Heavyweight World Champion Alexander Volkov and Jairzinho Rozenstruik headlined the event. [3]

A light heavyweight match between Alonzo Menifield and Nicolae Negumereanu was scheduled for the event. [4] However, Negumereanu was removed from the event due to undisclosed reasons and replaced by Askar Mozharov. [5]

Joaquin Buckley and Abusupiyan Magomedov were scheduled for a match at middleweight. [6] However, the bout was cancelled for unknown reasons. [7]

Darrick Minner was scheduled to face Damon Jackson in a featherweight bout at the event. [8] In May, Minner was pulled due to undisclosed reasons and replaced by newcomer Daniel Argueta. [9]

Results

Main card (ESPN+)
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Heavyweight Alexander Volkov def. Jairzinho Rozenstruik TKO (punches)12:12
Featherweight Movsar Evloev def. Dan Ige Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–27, 30–27)35:00
FeatherweightLucas Almeidadef. Michael Trizano TKO (punches)30:55
Women's Flyweight Karine Silva def. Poliana Botelho Submission (D'Arce choke)14:55
Flyweight Ode' Osbourne def. Zarrukh Adashev KO (punches)11:01
Light Heavyweight Alonzo Menifield def.Askar MozharovTKO (elbows)14:40
Preliminary card (ESPN+)
Women's Strawweight Karolina Kowalkiewicz def. Felice Herrig Submission (rear-naked choke)24:01
Lightweight Joe Solecki def. Alex da Silva Coelho Decision (majority) (28–28, 28–27, 29–27)35:00 [lower-alpha 1]
Featherweight Damon Jackson def.Daniel ArguetaDecision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28)35:00
Lightweight Benoît Saint-Denis def. Niklas Stolze Submission (rear-naked choke)21:32
Bantamweight Tony Gravely def. Johnny Muñoz Jr. KO (punches)11:08
Flyweight Jeff Molina def. Zhalgas Zhumagulov Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 30–27)35:00
Welterweight Rinat Fakhretdinov def. Andreas Michailidis Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–26, 30–27)35:00
Women's Flyweight Erin Blanchfield def. JJ Aldrich Submission (guillotine choke)22:38
  1. Coelho was deducted one point in round 2 for repeatedly locking his toes in the fence.

[10]

Bonus awards

The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses. [11]

See also

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