The UFC is in Russia for the final gala in the final Alistair Overeem Aleksei Oleinik Saturday.
The preliminary map starts exceptionally at 10 am in St. Petersburg, while the main map starts at 1 pm.
Oleinik joined forces on 3 April because Alexander Volkov had to withdraw because of an injury.
After two setbacks, Overeem found the way to victory in his last fight when he defeated Sergey Pavlovich by KO. November, in Beijing.
As for the "Boa constrictor", he won his last two fights against Junior Albini with a very unusual strangling Ezekiel and against Mark Hunt by rear strangling. Both times, the 41-year-old veteran won in the first round.
In the semifinals of the evening, Islam Makhachev defeated Arman Tsarukyan by unanimous decision.
The judges handed cards of 30-27 x 2, 29-28 in favor of the Russian, who has just won his fifth victory in a row.
"I was expecting a better ground advantage," Makhachev said. "He's young, I'm sure he has a bright future. Now I'm ready to face anyone in the top-15, I'm ready. "
Tsarukyan made his debut in the UFC, at 22 years old.
The fight between Ivan Shtyrkov and Devin Clark in the light heavyweights was canceled yesterday because the Russian had to be hospitalized. This is the second time that Clark finds himself caught short of the gala, because the first opponent he faced today, Abdul-Kerim Edilov, was injured before Shtyrkov also declared forfeit.
The Gala Card
Heavy: Alistair Overeem c. Aleksei Oleinik
Light: Islam Makhachev beats Arman Tsarukyan by unanimous decision (30-27 x 2, 29-28)
Heavy: Sergei Pavlovich beats Marcelo Golm by KO. in the first round
Fly: Roxanne Modafferi beats Antonina Shevchenko by split decision (29-28 x 2, 28-29)
Average: Krzysztof Jotko beats Alen Amedovski by unanimous decision (30-25, 30-26 x 2)
Feather: Movsar Evloev beats Seung Woo Choi by unanimous decision (29-27 x 2, 29-26)
Medium: Sultan Aliev defeated Keita Nakamura by unanimous decision (30-27 x 3)
Light: Alexander Yakovlev defeats Alex da Silva by guillotine in the second round
Heavy: Shamil Abdurakhimov beats Marcin Tybura by KO. 2nd round technique
Mid-heavy: Michał Oleksiejczuk beats Gadzhimurad Antigulov by K.-O. in the first round
Lightweight: Magomed Mustafaev def. Rafael Fiziev by K.-O. first round technique