Volkov vs Romanov

Who won Volkov vs Romanov?

Alexander Volkov beat Alexander Romanov by knockout in the 1st round during the co-main event of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 11th March 2023 at The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Volkov vs Romanov stats

Alexander Volkov stepped into the octagon with a record of 35 wins, 10 losses and 0 draws, 23 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Alexander Romanov made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 9 by submission.

This was Alexander Volkov's 17th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2016. Alexander Romanov marked his 10th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2020.

Alexander Volkov's UFC record stood at 12-5-0, while Alexander Romanov's came in at 7-3-0.

The stats suggested Volkov had a large advantage in power over Romanov, boasting a 66% knock out percentage over Romanov's 38%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Romanov had a massive advantage over Volkov, boasting a 56% submission rate over Volkov's 9%.

Alexander Volkov was the older man by 2 years, at 36 years old.

Volkov had a height advantage of 5 inches over Romanov. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.

Volkov was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 28 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 7 years and 7 months earlier than Romanov, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 69 more professional rounds, 105 to Romanov's 36.

Volkov vs Romanov form

Volkov had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Curtis Blaydes at UFC Vegas 3 on 20th June 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Greg Hardy at UFC on ESPN+ 21 on 9th November 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at CSKA Arena, Moscow, Russia.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Derrick Lewis at UFC 229 on 6th October 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Before that, he had beaten Fabricio Werdum at UFC Fight Night 127 on 17th March 2018 by knockout in the 4th round at 02 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

He had defeated Stefan Struve at UFC Fight Night 115 on 2nd September 2017 by knockout in the 3rd round at Ahoy Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Romanov had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he was victorious against Blagoy Ivanov at UFC Fight Night – Strickland vs. Magomedov on 1st July 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been defeated by Alexander Volkov at UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Dvalishvili on 11th March 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at The Theater at Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Marcin Tybura at UFC 278 on 20th August 2022 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City.

Before that, he had won against Chase Sherman at UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Vera on 30th April 2022 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had beaten Jared Vanderaa at UFC Vegas 39 on 9th October 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Alexander Romanov had been fighting more than Alexander Volkov.

Going to this contest, Alexander Volkov had last fought 4 years, 10 months and 25 days ago, while Alexander Romanov's last outing had been 1 year, 10 months and 14 days ago.

Volkov's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 8 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

Romanov's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 7 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Volkov vs Romanov?

Alexander Volkov was a 13/10 (+130) underdog going into the contest, while Alexander Romanov made his way into the ring at 67/100 (-150) with oddsmakers.