UFC Vegas 56 went down on Saturday afternoon at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas. In the main event, Alexander Volkov returned to the win column by stopping Jairzinho Rozenstruik in the first round. In the co-main event, Movsar Evloev improved to 16-0 with a dominant unanimous decision victory over Dan Ige. The Russian called for a fight against Arnold Allen in his post-fight Octagon interview.
Elsewhere on the UFC Vegas 56 main card, Lucas Almeida kicked off his UFC career in a spectacular fashion by finishing Michael Trizano in the third round, Karine Silva also made a successful start to her UFC career by submitting Poliana Botelho in the first round, Ode Osbourne scored his second straight victory by knocking out Zarrukh Adashev in 61 seconds, and Alonzo Menifield mauled Askar Mozharov to score a first round stoppage win.
UFC Vegas 56 Results
Main Card
Alexander Volkov defeats Jairzinho Rozenstruik by first round TKO (2:13)
Movsar Evloev defeats Dan Ige by unanimous decision (30–26, 30–27, 30–27)
Lucas Almeida defeats Michael Trizano by third round TKO (0:55)
Karine Silva defeats Poliana Botelho by first round D’Arce choke submission (4:55)
Ode Osbourne defeats Zarrukh Adashev by first round KO (1:01)
Alonzo Menifield defeats Askar Mozharov by first round TKO (4:40)
Prelims
Karolina Kowalkiewicz defeats Felice Herrig by second round rear naked choke submission (4:01)
Joe Solecki defeats Alex da Silva Coelho by majority decision (28–28, 28–27, 29–27)
Damon Jackson defeats Daniel Argueta by unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 29–28)
Benoit Saint-Denis defeats Niklas Stolze by second round rear naked choke submission (1:32)
Tony Gravely defeats Johnny Munoz Jr by first round KO (1:08)
Jeff Molina defeats Zhalgas Zhumagulov by split decision (28–29, 29–28, 30–27)
Rinat Fakhretdinov defeats Andreas Michailidis by unanimous decision (30–26, 30–26, 30–27)
Erin Blanchfield defeats JJ Aldrich by second round guillotine choke submission (2:38)
