UFC FIGHT NIGHT 115: VOLKOV vs. STRUVE 2 September 2017 | Ahoy Rotterdam | Rotterdam, Netherlands MAIN CARD UFC Fight Pass, 3 p.m. ET Stefan Struve vs. Alexander Volkov Siyar Bahadurzada vs. Rob Wilkinson Talita de Oliveira vs. Marion Reneau Leon Edwards vs. Bryan Barberena PRELIMINARY CARD UFC Fight Pass, 11.30 a.m. ET Darren Till vs. Bojan Velickovic Maribek Taisumov vs. Felipe Silva Mads Burnell vs. Michel Prazares Rustam Khabilov vs. Desmond Green Francimar Barroso vs. Aleksandar Rakic Mike Santiago vs. Zabit Magomedsharipov Bojan Mihajlovic vs. Abdul-Kerim Edilov Andrew Holbrook vs. Thibault Gouti
This has got to be the most low effort card of the year. Can't say it's the worst until it's over but it looks like they stuck all their Euro and Middle Eastern fighters on it without trying to make it sell.
Germaine de Randamie has withdrawn, apparently due to injury. Timing is not on her side with this one.
Stefan Struve (264) vs. Alexander Volkov (251) Siyar Bahadurzada (186) vs. Rob Wilkinson (185) Talita de Oliveira (135) vs. Marion Reneau (135) Leon Edwards (168) vs. Bryan Barberena (170) Darren Till (170) vs. Bojan Velickovic (171) Mairbek Taisumov (155) vs. Felipe Silva (155) Michel Prazeres (159)* vs. Mads Burnell (155) Rustam Khabilov (156) vs. Desmond Green (155) Francimar Barroso (204) vs. Aleksandar Rakić (205) Zabit Magomedsharipov (146) vs. Mike Santiago (145) Bojan Mihajlović (205) vs. Abdul-Kerim Edilov (204) Thibault Gouti (155) vs. Andrew Holbrook (156) * Prazeres missed weight by 3-pounds & will be fined 20% of his purse
How bad is it when the UFC doesn't even have pictures of their own fighters, one of whom is in the co-main event? Is Mike Santiago dead?
Results Alexander Volkov def. Stefan Struve via TKO (punches) – Round 3, 3:30 Siyar Bahadurzada def. Rob Wilkinson via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 3:10 Marion Reneau def. Talita Oliveira via TKO (punches) – Round 3, 4:54 Leon Edwards def. Bryan Barberena via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) Darren Till def. Bojan Velickovic via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) Mairbek Taisumov def. Felipe Silva via knockout (punch) – Round 1, 1:24 Michel Prazeres def. Mads Burnell via submission (north-south choke) – Round 3, 1:26 Rustam Khabilov def. Desmond Green via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27) Aleksandar Rakic def. Francimar Barroso via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) Zabit Magomedsharipov def. Mike Santiago via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 4:22 Abdul-Kerim Edilov def. Bojan Mihajlovic via TKO (strikes) – Round 2, 2:32 Thibault Gouti def. Andrew Holbrook via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 4:28
Struve might be the worst coached fighter in the promotion. He comes into every fight looking to brawl in close and has no striking defence.
Wilkinson was a bum. 12-0 record was an illusion. Very fat Bahadurzada put him out without much effort. Reneau and Edwards looked good. Reneau's opponent didn't have three rounds in her and looked overweight. Khabilov and Rakic are both fun to watch (Maggle). Didn't see the other fights. UFC promoted 215 as well as they could. Borg doesn't look like a threat and losing the JDS fight is bad. Hinges on Nunes-Shevchenko being a barn burner. At least they aren't going to Deadmonton in January.
I still remember being as tall as he is and getting knocked out by Roy Nelson throwing a wild looping over hand right. It's insane to be 7' and looking to get that close to people to fight.
It's not like he isn't getting rounds in every day with some of the best kickboxers in the best kickboxing nation. He just isn't learning fuck shit. Either that or he is dumb as bricks and as soon as he gets hit his training flies out his ears. At this rate he's going to be on the Reem train to CTE station within a couple of years. It is such a shame since despite being a little clumsy his body is ideal for the weight class.
Funny that Hightower was in Volkov's corner. Struve should be sleeping on Schilt's doorstep until he teaches him how to, you know, fight long.
