Matches to Make After UFC Fight Night ‘Werdum vs. Volkov’

Alexander Volkov channeled his inner Ivan Drago at the expense of an all-time great and perhaps put himself in position for a career-altering opportunity in the Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight division.

Volkov erased Fabricio Werdum’s early gains and knocked out the two-time Abu Dhabi Combat Club Submission Wrestling World Championships gold medalist in the fourth round of their UFC Fight Night 127 main event on Saturday at the O2 Arena in London. The 40-year-old Werdum bowed out 1:38 into Round 4, his future as murky as it has ever been.

Initially, it did not go well for Volkov. Werdum executed a takedown inside the first minute and applied his ground-and-pound while chewing up…