After several years away due to the pandemic, the
Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to England for
UFC Fight Night 204.
Atop the bill is a heavyweight bout between contenders Alexander
Volkov and Tom
Aspinall. Just as the heavyweights had no trouble hitting their
marks, every participant on the entire card successfully made
weight. However, it is worth noting that a preliminary bout between
Nathaniel
Wood and Vince
Morales was called off on Thursday after Wood fell ill.
Volkov bounced back from a decision loss to Ciryl Gane
with a win over Marcin
Tybura. “Drago” is 8-3 inside the Octagon, and is looking to
show that he still has another run at the title left in him at age
33. Volkov stepped on the scale at 253 pounds.
While Volkov has multiple UFC main events under his belt, this
marks the first for Aspinall (11-2). The English fighter is
undefeated inside the Octagon with four straight finishes. Most
recently, Aspinall quickly knocked out Sergey
Spivak, and before then, submitted Andrei
Arlovski. The 28-year-old weighed 252 pounds, so there will be
a minimal difference between the two heavyweights.
UFC Fight Night 204 will stream in its entirety on Saturday on
ESPN+ with the prelims beginning at 1:30 p.m. ET/10:30 a.m. PT and
the main card kicking off at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT.
UFC Fight Night 204 Weigh-in Results:
Alexander
Volkov (253) vs. Tom
Aspinall (252)
Arnold
Allen (146) vs. Dan Hooker
(145)
Paddy
Pimblett (155) vs. Rodrigo
Vargas (155)
Gunnar
Nelson (171) vs. Takashi
Sato (170)
Luana
Carolina (126) vs. Molly
McCann (125)
Jai
Herbert (155) vs. Ilia
Topuria (156)
Makwan
Amirkhani (146) vs. Mike Grundy
(145)
Shamil
Abdurakhimov (258) vs. Sergei
Pavlovich (254)
Paul
Craig (206) vs. Nikita
Krylov (205)
Jack
Shore (136) vs. Timur
Valiev (136)
Cory
McKenna (115) vs. Elise Reed
(115)
Cody
Durden (126) vs. Muhammad
Mokaev (125)