The Octagon remains in Las Vegas for UFC on ESPN 11, a twelve-bout fight card headlined by a heavyweight scrap between Curtis Blaydes and Alexander Volkov.
Blaydes (13-2 MMA) will enter tonight’s contest on a three-fight win streak, his latest being a second-round TKO victory over former champion Junior dos Santos. ‘Razor’ has gone 8-2 thus far in his UFC career, with his lone two losses coming at the hands of Francis Ngannou.
Meanwhile, Alexander Volkov (31-7 MMA) was last seen in action at November’s UFC event in Moscow, where he scored a unanimous decision victory over Greg Hardy. The former Bellator heavyweight champion has gone 5-1 since joining the UFC ranks in November of 2016.
The co-main event of UFC on ESPN 11 will feature a key featherweight battle between surging division contenders Josh Emmett and Shane Burgos.
Emmett (15-2 MMA) will enter tonight’s contest on a two-fight win streak, this after scoring stoppage victories over Michael Johnson and Mirsad Bektic in his most recent Octagon appearances.
As for Shane Burgos (13-1 MMA), the ‘Hurricane’ will enter tonight’s event sporting a three-fight win streak, his latest being a third-round TKO victory over Makwan Amirkhani at UFC 244 this past November.
Get all of tonight’s UFC on ESPN 11: ‘Blaydes vs Volkov’ Live Results and Highlights below:
UFC on ESPN 11 Main Card (8pm EST on ESPN+)
Curtis Blaydes vs. Alexander Volkov – Blaydes def. Volkov by unanimous decision
Josh Emmett vs. Shane Burgos – Emmett def. Burgos by unanimous decision (29-28 x2, 29-27)
Raquel Pennington vs. Marion Reneau – Pennington def. Reneau by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28 x2)
Belal Muhammad vs. Lyman Good – Muhammad def. Good by unanimous decision (29-28 x3)
Jim Miller vs. Roosevelt Roberts – Miller def. Roberts via submission (armbar) at 2:25 of Round 1
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UFC on ESPN 11 Prelims (5pm EST on ESPN+)
Clay Guida vs. Bobby Green – Green def. Guida by unanimous decision (29-28 x2, 30-27)
Tecia Torres vs. Brianna Van Buren – Torres def. Van Buren by unanimous decision (30-27 x3)
Marc-Andre Barriault vs. Oskar Piechota – Barriault def. Piechota via TKO (punches) at 4:50 of Round 2
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Cortney Casey vs. Gillian Robertson – Robertson def. Casey via submission (RNC) at 4:36 of Round 3
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Frank Camacho vs. Justin Jaynes – Jaynes def. Camacho via TKO at :41 of Round 1
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Roxanne Modafferi vs. Lauren Murphy – Murphy def. Modafferi by unanimous decision (30-27 x2, 29-28)
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Austin Hubbard vs. Max Rohskopf – Hubbard def. Rohskopf via TKO (retirement) at 5:00 of Round 2
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This article first appeared on BJPENN.com on June 20, 2020