Volkanovski vs Young

Who won Volkanovski vs Young?

Alexander Volkanovski beat Shane Young by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night 121, on Saturday 18th November 2017 at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney.

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 Young stats

Alexander Volkanovski stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Shane Young made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Alexander Volkanovski's 17th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2016.

Alexander Volkanovski's UFC record stood at 14-3-0, while Shane Young's came in at 2-5-0.

The stats suggested Volkanovski had an advantage in power over Young, with a 60% knock out percentage over Young's 45%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Young had an advantage over Volkanovski, with a 36% submission rate over Volkanovski's 20%.

Alexander Volkanovski was the older man by 5 years, at 36 years old.

Young had a height advantage of 2 inches over Volkanovski. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Volkanovski was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 4 months earlier than Young, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 43 more professional rounds, 87 to Young's 44.

Volkanovski vs Young 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 leading up to this contest, he had won 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.

Previous to that, he had beaten 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.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Jose Aldo at UFC 237 on 11th May 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Before that, he was victorious against Chad Mendes at UFC 232 on 29th December 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at The Forum, Inglewood, United States.

He had won against Shane Young at UFC Fight Night 121 on 18th November 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney, Australia.

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Volkanovski's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 7 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

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