2022 mixed martial arts event
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]
Background
A heavyweight bout between Alexander Volkov , a former Bellator Heavyweight World Champion , 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 class
Method
Round
Time
Notes
Heavyweight
Alexander Volkov
def.
Jairzinho Rozenstruik
TKO (punches)
1
2:12
Featherweight
Movsar Evloev
def.
Dan Ige
Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–27, 30–27)
3
5:00
Featherweight
Lucas Almeida
def.
Michael Trizano
TKO (punches)
3
0:55
Women's Flyweight
Karine Silva
def.
Poliana Botelho
Submission (D'Arce choke)
1
4:55
Flyweight
Ode' Osbourne
def.
Zarrukh Adashev
KO (punches)
1
1:01
Light Heavyweight
Alonzo Menifield
def.
Askar Mozharov
TKO (elbows)
1
4:40
Preliminary card (ESPN+)
Women's Strawweight
Karolina Kowalkiewicz
def.
Felice Herrig
Submission (rear-naked choke)
2
4:01
Lightweight
Joe Solecki
def.
Alex da Silva Coelho
Decision (majority) (28–28, 28–27, 29–27)
3
5:00
[ a]
Featherweight
Damon Jackson
def.
Daniel Argueta
Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28)
3
5:00
Lightweight
Benoît Saint-Denis
def.
Niklas Stolze
Submission (rear-naked choke)
2
1:32
Bantamweight
Tony Gravely
def.
Johnny Muñoz Jr.
KO (punches)
1
1:08
Flyweight
Jeff Molina
def.
Zhalgas Zhumagulov
Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 30–27)
3
5:00
Welterweight
Rinat Fakhretdinov
def.
Andreas Michailidis
Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–26, 30–27)
3
5:00
Women's Flyweight
Erin Blanchfield
def.
JJ Aldrich
Submission (guillotine choke)
2
2:38
^ Coelho was deducted one point in round 2 for repeatedly locking his toes in the fence.
Source: [ 10]
Bonus awards
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.[ 11]
See also
References
Upcoming events are in italics
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