Volkanovski vs Hirota

Who won Volkanovski vs Hirota?

Alexander Volkanovski beat Mizuto Hirota by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night 110, on Saturday 10th June 2017 at Vector Arena in Auckland.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Alexander Volkanovski.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Volkanovski vs Hirota stats

Alexander Volkanovski stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Mizuto Hirota made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 7 losses and 2 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out.

Alexander Volkanovski's UFC record stood at 13-3-0, while Mizuto Hirota's came in at 1-5-1.

The stats suggested Volkanovski had a slight advantage in power over Hirota, with a 64% knock out percentage over Hirota's 56%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Volkanovski had a large advantage over Hirota, boasting a 21% submission rate over Hirota's 0%.

Alexander Volkanovski was the younger man by 7 years, at 36 years old.

Hirota had a height advantage of 1 inch over Volkanovski. Despite this, he had a 5-inch reach advantage.

Volkanovski was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 12 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 7 years and 3 months later than Hirota, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 7 more professional rounds, 82 to Hirota's 75.

Volkanovski vs Hirota form

Volkanovski had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1 opponent and going to the judges 4 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Max Holloway at UFC 276 on 2nd July 2022 by unanimous decision in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Chan Sung Jung at UFC 273 on 9th April 2022 by knockout in the 4th round in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Brian Ortega at UFC 266 on 25th September 2021 by unanimous decision in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he was victorious against Max Holloway at UFC 251 on 11th July 2020 by split decision in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

He had won against Max Holloway at UFC 245 on 14th December 2019 by unanimous decision in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

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Volkanovski's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 3 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 24 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.8 rounds on average.

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