Earlier today (Sat. April 20, 2019) UFC St. Petersburg went down from the Yubileyny Sports Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia. In the main event of the night, Alistair Overeem and Aleksei Oleinik met in a heavyweight contest.

Overeem and Oleinik are two of the most experienced heavyweights in mixed martial arts (MMA) history. Between the pair, they have over 130 career MMA fights. Now, the former training partners found themselves matched-up in Russia. Then, in the co-main event of the night, Islam Makhachev and Arman Tsarukyan met at 155 pounds.


Main Card:

  • Heavyweight: Alistair Overeem def. Aleksei Oleinik via R1 TKO (punches, 4:45)
  • Lightweight: Islam Makhachev def. Arman Tsarukyan via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
  • Heavyweight: Sergei Pavlovich def. Marcelo Golm via R1 KO (punch, 1:06)
  • Women’s flyweight: Roxanne Modafferi def. Antonina Shevchenko via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
  • Middleweight: Krzysztof Jotko def. Alen Amedovski via unanimous decision (30-25, 30-26, 30-26)

Preliminary Card:

  • Featherweight: Movsar Evloev def. Seung Woo Choi via unanimous decision (29-27, 29-27, 29-26)
  • Welterweight: Sultan Aliev def. Keita Nakamura via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
  • Lightweight: Alexander Yakovlev def. Alex Da Silva via R2 submission (modified anaconda choke, 3:10)
  • Heavyweight: Shamil Abdurakhimov def. Marcin Tybura via R2 TKO (punches, 3:15)
  • Light heavyweight: Michal Oleksiejczuk def. Gadzhimurad Antigulov via R1 KO (punches, 0:44)
  • Lightweight: Magomed Mustafaev def. Rafael Fiziev via R1 TKO (spinning back kick and punches, 1:26)