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The UFC tournaments have returned to the APEX facilities in Las Vegas, and in the main event of the UFC Fight Night 184 tournament, which took place from Saturday to Sunday in Lithuanian time. Alexander Volkov (48-18 MMA, 13-7 UFC) knocked out after heavy blows in the second round Alistair Overeem (32-9 MMA, 6-3 CFU).
Former Bellator heavyweight champion A. Volkov managed to successfully defend himself from A. Overeem’s actions, while attacking himself very successfully and finally in the second round he made a combination of shots, after which A. Overeem fell and the referee immediately stopped the fight.
“I feel wonderful, it is my moment,” said Volkov. “I worked a lot with my jabu, with my punches, I also worked a lot with wrestling, but it felt good standing. I felt like I could finish him in the second and maybe the third round. I saw his face, he had a lot of injuries and he was bleeding I was just waiting for a good shot. I wasn’t in the best shape, I’ll be even better. “
A. Volkov, who won his 22nd career victory by knockout or technical knockout, now has 2 wins in a row and three in the last four games.
Volkov, 32, hopes to have a chance to fight for the UFC title in the future.
“Of course I want to fight for the belt, but we will see. In the heavyweight division, we will still have great fights, so let’s see where my place is. I am convinced that I want to fight for the title,” said A. Volkov.
For Overeem, it was the 15th failure of his career with a knockout or technical knockout, and before that he had two straight wins against Walt Harris and Augusto Saka.
For the best performances of the night, 50 thousand each. A.Volkov and Cory Sandhagen won US dollars in this tournament, and the best fight of the night was recognized by the clash of Beneil Dariush and Diego Ferreira.
All results of the UFC Fight Night 184 tournament:
Alexander Volkov defeated Alistair Overeem with a TKO – Round 2, 2; 06
Cory Sandhagen defeated Frankie Edgar by knockout – Round 1, 0:28
Clay Guida defeated Michael Johnson by unanimous decision of the judges (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Alexandre Pantoja defeated Manela Kape by unanimous decision of the judges (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
Beneil Darius defeated Diego Ferreira by different decision of the judges (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Danilo Marques beat Mike Rodriguez in a bare butt choke – Round 2, 4:52
Devonte Smith defeats Justin Jaynes with a TKO (stopped by a doctor) – Round 2, 3:38
Karol Rosa defeated Joselyne Edwards by unanimous decision of the judges (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Lara Procopio defeated Molly McCann by unanimous decision of the judges (29-27, 29-28, 30-27)
Seungwoo Choi defeated Youssef Zalal by unanimous decision of the judges (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
Timur Valiev defeated Martin Day by unanimous decision of the judges (30-25, 30-25, 30-26)
Ode Osbourne defeated Jerome River by knockout – Round 1, 0:26
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