UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Struve

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UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Struve
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The poster for UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Struve.
Information
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
DateSeptember 2, 2017 (2017-09-02)
Venue Rotterdam Ahoy
City Rotterdam, Netherlands
Attendance10,224 [1]
Total gate$900,000 [1]
Event chronology
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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]

Contents

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 classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Heavyweight Alexander Volkov def. Stefan Struve TKO (punches)33:30
Middleweight Siyar Bahadurzada def. Rob Wilkinson TKO (punches)23:10
Women's Bantamweight Marion Reneau def. Talita Bernardo TKO (punches)34:54
Welterweight Leon Edwards def. Bryan Barberena Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)35:00
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Welterweight Darren Till def. Bojan Veličković Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)35:00
Lightweight Mairbek Taisumov def.Felipe SilvaKO (punch)11:24
Catchweight (159 lb) Michel Prazeres def. Mads Burnell Submission (north-south choke)31:26
Lightweight Rustam Khabilov def. Desmond Green Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27)35:00
Light Heavyweight Aleksandar Rakić def. Francimar Barroso Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)35:00
Featherweight Zabit Magomedsharipov def. Mike Santiago Submission (rear-naked choke)24:22
Light HeavyweightAbdul-Kerim Edilovdef.Bojan MihajlovićTKO (punches)22:32
Lightweight Thibault Gouti def. Andrew Holbrook TKO (punches)14:28

    [14]

    Bonus awards

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

    See also

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