If he looked at the betting odds ahead of the fight, Danylo Voievodkin chose not to conform to expectations.
A +526 underdog on average across major online sports books (per BestFightOdds), Voievodkin (7-0) knocked down and then submitted Bailey Schoenfelder (5-1) with a rear-naked choke at 1:13 of Round 1. The heavyweight bout headlined Dana White’s Contender Series 73 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
Voievodkin landed a right-left combination that dropped Schoenfelder to the canvas. He then scrambled to the ground and grabbed hold of Schoenfelder’s neck. A brief squeeze later, the tap emerged (via X):
