Alexander Volkov defeated former UFC champion

Posted on February 29, 2012.

With a little belatedly publishing news about the results of the Baltic Challenge Tournament 3, which was held February 23 in Kaliningrad. The main battle in the evening the vice-champion of the M-1 Selection , Alexander Volkov ( Alexander Nevsky OEMK ) 15.03 defeated former UFC champion in the heavyweight Ricco Rodriguez (American Fight Club) 48-16


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In the battle crucial by Alexander Volkov in hard fight in the first three rounds, judges decision victory over Ricco Rodriguez, a fighter who once owned the belt for a long time champion of the UFC and bivshego people like Randy Couture, Jeff Monson , Andrei Arlovski , and Daniel Taber .

kool, damn I didnt even know about this event

Ricco lost some fights lately but this was a quality win for Volkov. I wonder who he will fight next in M-1, Volkov should be a couple of wins away from a titleshot.