Alexander Volkov bounced back in a big way from a loss in his last outing with a first-round stoppage over Jairzinho Rozenstruik in UFC Vegas 56’s main event.
Volkov was determined to be a top heavyweight fighter after he lost to Tom Aspinall earlier this year at UFC London. The Russian definitely showed his power on Saturday, blasting Rozenstruik with a devastating right hand that served as the beginning of the end of the fight.
With Rozenstruik on his side, Volkov launched a torrent of punches that found a home. Referee Herb Dean was able to see enough to end the fight. While Rozenstruik never actually went down, he was eating a lot of punches without really showing much defense, leading to Volkov celebrating his TKO victory at 2:12 in the first round.
” I’m feeling just happy,” Volkov stated. I’m waiting for my next fight. “I’m up for any challenge.
” I know he is not well protected against the cage, so I stick him near the cage and move forward to knock him out. A good fight.”
Volkov had a superior size and reach and started the fight with a lot of outside work. He pounded Rozenstruik repeatedly with leg kicks, and then he returned to the inside with long straight punches.
Rozenstruik knew he had to know the answer. After a short feeling out, he leapt forward and swung heavy punches in an attempt to knock him out. The wild offensive onslaught didn’t do Rozenstruik any favors because Volkov countered with the right hand that came after him like a laser down the middle.
As soon as the shot connected, Rozenstruik was hurt badly — and that just opened the floodgates from Volkov, as he just started throwing lefts and rights in succession. Rozenstruik was still taking damage, and Volkov wasn’t slowing down. Dean intervened to end the fighting before it got worse.
It appeared that Rozenstruik may have protested the stoppage because he walked away without any serious issues, but replays showed he was just eating punches without much to offer in return.
Either way, Volkov got the job done for the first-round knockout as he moves to 4-2 in his past six fights, while hoping to get another top ranked heavyweight when he returns again.
“I’m here in the UFC waiting for fights,” Volkov said. “Everytime I get a challenge .”
, I am ready.”
As for Rozenstruik, the once-promising heavyweight prospect has now fallen to 1-3 in his past four fights with two losses in a row following the TKO suffered at Volkov’s hands on Saturday.
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