Alexander Volkov avoided the first two-fight losing skid of his UFC career and picked up a TKO win in the main event of UFC Vegas 56, stopping Jairzinho Rozenstruik before the halfway point of their heavyweight contest.
Volkov, who was on the wrong end of a first-round submission loss to Tom Aspinall in March, likely saved his spot in the UFC heavyweight top-10 with the win. I don’t believe the rankings committee will see Rozenstruik fit for inclusion in that group when the next update of the official rankings takes place.
Speaking of rankings, it will be an eye-opener if Movsar Evloev does not jump into the top-10 of the official UFC 145-pound rankings following his one-sided win over Dan Ige in the co-main event of Saturday’s fight card.