It may not have gone exactly as Alexander Volkov and his team drew it up, but there’s no arguing with the results.
The 29-year-old Russian heavyweight picked up the biggest win of his career on Saturday, knocking out former UFC champion Fabricio Werdum in the main event of UFC London. It wasn’t easy for Volkov, who was taken down several times by the Brazilian jiu-jitsu ace, only to build steam in the third period en route to finding the finish in the fourth.
At the evening’s post-fight press conference, Volkov admitted that while the he was pleased with the outcome, the path to get there was far from easy.