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In the main event, Alexander Volkov (34-10 MMA, 8-4 UFC) took on Tom Aspinall (12-2 MMA, 5-0 UFC) at heavyweight. In the co-feature, Arnold Allen (18-1 MMA, 9-0 ...

He then goes to the body with a couple of punches and then back to the head for a couple of elbows. Nelson lands a right hand and feints the takedown. He locks in the body triangle again, lands a couple of right hands, and then looks for the choke. Carolina lands a couple of knees to the body before they get back to the center. They trade punches and McCann lands a nice punch to get the crowd cheering. McCann gets right back to punching as Carolina lands a knee to the body from the clinch. Shore lands a kick to the body as Valiev lands a leg kick. Craig gets two feet on the hips and pushes Krylov off to create space, and then slaps on a triangle choke in the blink of an eye, and a moment later, Krylov taps. Craig remains calm and gets the forearm off, but a moment later Krylov postures up and lands heavy punches before closing back down. A body kick lands from Shore. Valiev catches a right kick from Shore and uses it to initiate a clinch. Reed lands a quick front kick and McKenna shoots in for a takedown, resulting in a clinch against the fence. Durden quickly tries to scramble back up and get a takedown, but gets caught in a guillotine.

Aspinall proved he is the real deal by quickly finishing Volkov in front of his hometown crowd.

Durden via first-round submission (guillotine choke) He wrapped up a tight guillotine choke moments later to secure a sub-one-minute submission. It was reminiscent of Craig's last visit to London, where he defeated Magomed Ankalaev via triangle choke at 4:59 of Round 3 in a fight he was handily losing. Mokaev (6-0) made short work of Cody Durden in the opening fight of UFC London. Mokaev opened with a flying knee that connected square on Durden's chin. One could make the argument that Krylov was on the verge of a 10-8 round, if not an outright finish. Herbert moved in for the kill, but Topuria's instincts bailed him out as he initiated a wrestling exchange that earned him a takedown and valuable time to recover. She slowed things down in the middle stanza but landed a couple of big slams to the ovation of the O2 Arena. McCann put an early end to the third round with a picture-perfect spinning back elbow that slept Carolina and sent the audience into a frenzy. In the blink of an eye, Craig clamped on a vice-like triangle choke that earned him the submission victory. Shockingly, a visibly-damaged Topuria pushed Herbert back to the fence early in Round 2 and slept him with a huge combination to stamp a remarkable comeback. The Englishman landed crisp boxing combinations on the feet and took down Volkov at will. SPINNING ELBOW FROM— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) @MEATBALLMOLLY😱 #UFCLONDON pic.twitter.com/RbagwQXrKX March 19, 2022 Aspinall immediately took control of the fight, getting inside of Volkov's height and reach advantage.

LONDON (Reuters) - The UFC returned to London on Saturday but it was two Liverpool fighters who stole the show, as Paddy Pimblett and Molly McCann pul...

Get us to Anfield and we’ll fill it,” Liverpool fan Pimblett bellowed, and judging by the response, many of those in attendance in London would make the trip to Merseyside. His evening went from bad to worse as Aspinall opened a cut on his head early and then secured a straight arm lock on the Russian to end the fight at the 3:45 mark in the first round. Too small, too small, get me a stadium.

With so many deserving performances, White announced post-fight that the UFC would make history by awarding $50,000 bonuses to everybody who scored a finish on ...

White has plenty of reasons to be happy. I’m in such a good mood, give everybody a bonus,’” White said at the post-fight press conference. On the undercard, Muhammad Mokaev, Paul Craig, Sergei Pavlovich, and Makwan Amirkhani all secured impressive first-round finishes.

Paddy Pimblett is carving out a reputation for taking his licks and doubling up on the return. Pimblett scored a first-round submission win over Rodrigo ...

Buoyed by the raucous support of his fellow Englishmen, Pimblett locked in a rear-naked choke. Pimblett, a former Cage Warriors champion, improved to 2-0 in the Octagon and extended his active winning streak to four. Paddy Pimblett is carving out a reputation for taking his licks and doubling up on the return.

Aspinall needed less than one round to tap out heavyweight contender Alexander Volkov in the Fight Night main event, in what was his first contest under Dana ...

This could be as electric - perhaps as abrupt - as some of the other fights on the card. Arnold Allen and Dan Hooker will be the next duo to make that walk to the Octagon. "Not as clean a win as I'd like, maybe a 5 or 6 out of 10 - he got me with a good punch but a nice punch wakes me up in the morning!" And though his initial flurry is cooled off by Hooker, a pair of head kicks set up another Allen-dominated flurry and the referee steps in at the right time. The main card begins as explosively as much of the prelims were - Topuria weathers some great Round 1 offense from Herbert - including a flush head kick - before turning his lights clean out with a vicious right early in the second. And to cap off a night of blistering quick finishes, the Brit spends a few minutes slickly rotating through his fists, his feet and some choice takedowns before finding the armbar and getting Volkov to tap in relatively short order! Aspinall is next It's been a breathless card so far, and all that remains is the main event.