UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Struve

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]

UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Struve
The poster for UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Struve
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	September 2, 2017 (2017-09-02)
Venue	Rotterdam Ahoy
City	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Attendance	10,224[1]
Total gate	$900,000[1]
Event chronology
UFC Fight Night: Pettis vs. Moreno UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Struve UFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2

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 class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Heavyweight	Alexander Volkov	def.	Stefan Struve	TKO (punches)	3	3:30
Middleweight	Siyar Bahadurzada	def.	Rob Wilkinson	TKO (punches)	2	3:10
Women's Bantamweight	Marion Reneau	def.	Talita Bernardo	TKO (punches)	3	4:54
Welterweight	Leon Edwards	def.	Bryan Barberena	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Welterweight	Darren Till	def.	Bojan Veličković	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Mairbek Taisumov	def.	Felipe Silva	KO (punch)	1	1:24
Catchweight (159 lb)	Michel Prazeres	def.	Mads Burnell	Submission (north-south choke)	3	1:26
Lightweight	Rustam Khabilov	def.	Desmond Green	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27)	3	5:00
Light Heavyweight	Aleksandar Rakić	def.	Francimar Barroso	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00
Featherweight	Zabit Magomedsharipov	def.	Mike Santiago	Submission (rear-naked choke)	2	4:22
Light Heavyweight	Abdul-Kerim Edilov	def.	Bojan Mihajlović	TKO (punches)	2	2:32
Lightweight	Thibault Gouti	def.	Andrew Holbrook	TKO (punches)	1	4:28

^[14]

Bonus awards

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

• Fight of the Night: Alexander Volkov vs. Stefan Struve
• Performance of the Night: Mairbek Taisumov and Zabit Magomedsharipov

See also

• List of UFC events
• 2017 in UFC