The best and worst from UFC 266: Alexander Volkanovski vs Brian Ortega

#4 Worst: Jairzinho Rozenstruik turns in yet another insipid performance

UFC 266: Blaydes v Rozenstruik

If you needed any evidence that Jairzinho Rozenstruik has a long way to go before he can become a legitimate heavyweight contender, his UFC 266 fight against Curtis Blaydes was damning to say the least.

With losses to Francis Ngannou and Ciryl Gane already, Rozenstruik desperately needed to notch up a win over the fourth-ranked Blaydes, who might have fallen behind 'Bigi Boy' in the rankings had he lost. After all, 'Razor' himself has losses to Ngannou (twice) and Derrick Lewis. But it wasn't to be for the Suriname native, who looked out of sorts throughout the fight.

Rozenstruik's output has always been under question, and it only got worse as he spent a considerable amount of time in every round on the ground. He made no real effort to bring the fight back to the feet and appeared to be winded immediately after the first grappling exchange.

Despite a knee that landed on Blaydes in the second round, Rozenstruik failed to clinch key moments in the fight to suffer a highly damaging loss.

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#3 Best: Valentina Shevchenko proves she is several cuts above the rest with dominant display

UFC 266: Shevshenko v Murphy

Valentina Shevchenko is a flyweight wrecking ball that destroys everything in her path, and the latest victim was Lauren Murphy at UFC 266.

Coming into the fight, very few gave Murphy a real chance of even troubling the champion, let alone winning. A few minutes into the contest, it was clear to see why.

'Lucky' was comprehensively outfought in all aspects as Shevchenko threw fierce combinations, a variety of kicks and long-range counters. She even landed a takedown at the end of each of the first two rounds, almost as if she wanted to show she could.

'Bullet' capped off an almost flawless display with a fierce barrage of punches that had Murphy fighting to stay in the, well, fight. Eventually, some ground-and-pound ensured that her stronghold over the flyweight division continued. Surely Amanda Nunes is Shevchenko's only possible next opponent now.