UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov

UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov (also known as UFC Fight Night 184, UFC on ESPN+ 42 and UFC Vegas 18) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on February 6, 2021 at the UFC Apex facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.[2]

UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov
The poster for UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov.
Information
PromotionUltimate Fighting Championship
DateFebruary 6, 2021 (2021-02-06)
VenueUFC Apex
CityLas Vegas, Nevada, United States
AttendanceNone (behind closed doors)[1]
Event chronology
UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor 2 UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov UFC 258: Usman vs. Burns

Background

A heavyweight bout between the 2010 K-1 World Grand Prix Champion, former Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion and UFC Heavyweight Championship challenger Alistair Overeem and former Bellator Heavyweight World Champion Alexander Volkov served as the event headliner.[3]

A bantamweight bout between Cory Sandhagen and former UFC Lightweight Champion Frankie Edgar took place at the event.[4] Their first meeting was previously scheduled to happen in January 2020 at UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. dos Santos, but Edgar was removed from the fight in favour of a bout against former UFC Featherweight Championship challenger Chan Sung Jung a month earlier at UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. The Korean Zombie.[5][6]

A flyweight bout between Alexandre Pantoja and former Rizin FF Bantamweight Champion Manel Kape was originally scheduled to take place at UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Neal in early December, but Pantoja pulled out of the fight due to COVID-19 sequelae.[7][8] The pairing was then rescheduled for this event.[9]

A bantamweight bout between Merab Dvalishvili and Cody Stamann was originally scheduled to take place at UFC on ESPN: Hermansson vs. Vettori, but Stamann pulled out due to undisclosed reasons and the bout was scrapped.[10] Instead the pairing took place at this event.[11] In turn, Dvalishvili was forced to pull out from the bout in mid January due to his COVID-19 recovery and he was replaced by Andre Ewell.[12] After a positive test for COVID-19, Ewell was pulled from the event and replaced by promotional newcomer Askar Askar, with the contest expected to take place at featherweight.[13][14] On the day of the event, Askar was not medically cleared and the bout was cancelled.[15]

Wellington Turman and Aliaskhab Khizriev were scheduled to meet in a middleweight bout at the event.[16] However, the contest was scrapped as Turman withdrew due to pneumonia.[17] Khizriev will now compete at UFC Fight Night 189 against Kyle Daukaus.[18]

Steven Peterson was expected to face Seung Woo Choi in a featherweight bout.[19] In turn, Peterson pulled out on January 15 due to an injury and was replaced by promotional newcomer Collin Anglin.[20] Anglin was then pulled from the event for undisclosed reasons and replaced by Youssef Zalal.[21]

A women's bantamweight bout between former UFC Women's Flyweight Champion Nicco Montaño and Karol Rosa was scheduled for the event.[22] However, in the weeks leading up to the fight, Montaño was pulled from the event due to undisclosed reasons and replaced by Joselyne Edwards.[23]

A bantamweight bout between Julio Arce and Timur Valiev was scheduled for the event.[24] However, Arce was removed from the event in late January due to undisclosed reasons and replaced by Martin Day[25] The bout took place at featherweight.[14]

Alex da Silva Coelho was expected to face Devonte Smith in a lightweight bout at this event.[26] However, Coelho pulled out due to undisclosed reasons.[27] Smith faced Justin Jaynes instead at a catchweight of 160 pounds.[28][14]

Ode Osbourne was expected to face Denys Bondar in a catchweight bout of 130 pounds at this event.[29] However, Bondar withdrew during fight week due to undisclosed reasons and was replaced by Jerome Rivera, with their bout taking place at featherweight.[30][14] They were previously scheduled to meet at a planned date of January 30 in a flyweight bout, but the event never materialized and the pairing was cancelled.[31]

A women's bantamweight bout between Marion Reneau and Macy Chiasson was scheduled for the event.[32] However, during the week leading up to the fight, Reneau was pulled from the card after testing positive for COVID-19. The bout is expected to remain intact and is tentatively planned for three weeks later at UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gane.[33]

Results
Main card (ESPN+)
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Heavyweight Alexander Volkov def. Alistair Overeem TKO (punches) 2 2:06
Bantamweight Cory Sandhagen def. Frankie Edgar KO (flying knee) 1 0:28
Lightweight Clay Guida def. Michael Johnson Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00
Flyweight Alexandre Pantoja def. Manel Kape Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) 3 5:00
Lightweight Beneil Dariush def. Carlos Diego Ferreira Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00
Light Heavyweight Danilo Marques def. Mike Rodríguez Technical Submission (rear-naked choke) 2 4:52
Preliminary card (ESPN+)
Catchweight (160 lb) Devonte Smith def. Justin Jaynes TKO (doctor stoppage) 2 3:38
Women's Bantamweight Karol Rosa def. Joselyne Edwards Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00
Women's Flyweight Lara Procópio def. Molly McCann Decision (unanimous) (29–27, 29–28, 30–27) 3 5:00
Featherweight Seung Woo Choi def. Youssef Zalal Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) 3 5:00
Featherweight Timur Valiev def. Martin Day Decision (unanimous) (30–25, 30–25, 30–26) 3 5:00
Featherweight Ode Osbourne def. Jerome Rivera KO (punches) 1 0:26

    [34]

    Bonus awards

    The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.[35]

    • Fight of the Night: Beneil Dariush vs. Carlos Diego Ferreira
    • Performance of the Night: Alexander Volkov and Cory Sandhagen

    See also

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