It wasn’t long ago when many viewed Sergei Pavlovich as the most terrifying force in the heavyweight division. Now he feels like the odd man out.
Pavlovich (17-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) will attempt to rebound from his interim title loss to Tom Aspinall at UFC 295 in November when he meets Alexander Volkov (37-10 MMA, 11-4 UFC) in Saturday’s UFC on ABC 6 co-main event, which takes place at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (ABC, ESPN, ESPN+).
Prior to the fight with Aspinall in New York, Pavlovich was on a six-fight first-round knockout streak. He was tearing through names like Curtis Blaydes, Tai Tuivasa and Derrick Lewis with ease, but then the hammer became the nail in the biggest spot possible.
