| UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Volkov | ||||
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 The poster for UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Volkov | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | March 17, 2018 (2018-03-17) | |||
| Venue | The O2 Arena | |||
| City | London,England | |||
| Attendance | 16,274[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Volkov (also known asUFC Fight Night 127) was amixed martial arts event produced by theUltimate Fighting Championship that was held on March 17, 2018, atThe O2 Arena inLondon,England.[2]
A heavyweight bout between formerUFC Heavyweight ChampionFabrício Werdum and formerBellator Heavyweight ChampionAlexander Volkov headlined this event.[3]
Promotional newcomer Dmitry Poberezhets was expected to faceMark 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 faceKajan Johnson at this event. However, Khabilov pulled out of the fight on February 8 citing injury and was replaced byStevie Ray.[5][6]
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos was scheduled to faceJack Marshman at the event. However, Zaleski pulled out of the fight on February 19 citing a knee injury.[7] He was replaced byBrad 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 againstNasrat 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 aninfectious eye condition.[12]
| Main Card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
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| 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 | |
The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses:[13]
