UFC Vegas 30 goes down on Saturday at the APEX Center. In the main event, top five heavyweights Ciryl Gane and Alexander Volkov are set to throw down in a pivotal fight in the division.
Gane goes into the heavyweight showdown with a perfect 8-0 record, and coming off a clinical unanimous decision win over Jairzinho Rozenstruik at UFC Vegas 20. Volkov, who has a 7-2 record inside the Octagon, is coming off back-to-back second round TKO wins against Walt Harris and Alistair Overeem.
In the UFC Vegas 30 co-main event, Ovince Saint Preux moves up to heavyweight for the second time in his career to take on Tanner Boser. ‘OSP’ is coming off a TKO loss to Jamahal Hill at UFC Vegas 16. ‘The Bulldozer’ will also be looking to get back to winning ways, having suffered back-to-back decision losses to Andrei Arlovski and Ilir Latifi.
Elsewhere on the main card, Raoni Barcelos faces Timur Valiev at bantamweight, Andre Fili goes up against Daniel Pineda in a fun featherweight contest, Tim Means takes on Nicolas Dalby in an exciting welterweight clash, and Renato Moicano meets Jai Herbert at lightweight.
UFC Vegas 30: Ciryl Gane vs Alexander Volkov Results
Main card:
Ciryl Gane defeats Alexander Volkov via unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 49-46)
Tanner Boser defeats Ovince Saint Preux via second round KO (2:31)
Timur Valiev defeats Raoni Barcelos via majority decision (28-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Andre Fili vs Daniel Pineda declared a no-contest due to an accidental eye poke in the second round (0:46)
Tim Means defeats Nicolas Dalby via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Renato Moicano defeats Jai Herbert via second round TKO (4:34)
Prelims:
Kennedy Nzechukwu defeats Danilo Marques via third round TKO (0:20
Shavkat Rakhmonov defeats Michel Prazeres via second round rear naked choke submission (2:10)
Jeremiah Wells defeats Warlley Alves via second round KO (0:30)
Marcin Prachnio defeats Ike Villaneuva via second round TKO (0:56)
Julia Avila defeats Julija Stoliarenko via third round rear naked choke submission (4:19)
Charles Rosa defeats Justin Jaynes via split decision (30-27, 28-29, 29-28)
Damir Hadzovic defeats Yancy Medeiros via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
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