Volkov vs Aspinall

Who won Volkov vs Aspinall?

Tom Aspinall beat Alexander Volkov by submission in the 1st round during the main event of UFC Fight Night London, on Saturday 19th March 2022 at 02 Arena in London.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Volkov vs Aspinall stats

Alexander Volkov stepped into the octagon with a record of 34 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 22 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Tom Aspinall made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Alexander Volkov's 17th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2016. Tom Aspinall marked his 9th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2020.

Alexander Volkov's UFC record stood at 12-5-0, while Tom Aspinall's came in at 8-1-0.

The stats suggested Aspinall had an advantage in power over Volkov, with a 82% knock out percentage over Volkov's 65%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Aspinall had a slight advantage over Volkov, with a 18% submission rate over Volkov's 9%.

Alexander Volkov was the older man by 4 years, at 36 years old.

Volkov had a height advantage of 2 inches over Aspinall. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Volkov was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 30 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 5 years and 7 months earlier than Aspinall, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 84 more professional rounds, 105 to Aspinall's 21.

Volkov vs Aspinall form

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

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Marcin Tybura at UFC 267 on 30th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.

Previous to that, he had lost to Ciryl Gane at UFC Vegas 30 on 26th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Alistair Overeem at UFC Vegas 18 on 6th February 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Walt Harris at UFC 254 on 24th October 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

He had been beaten by 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.

Aspinall had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 4opponents and going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he was victorious against Sergey Spivac at UFC Vegas 36 on 4th September 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Andrei Arlovski at UFC Vegas 19 on 20th February 2021 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Alan Baudot at UFC Fight Island 5 on 10th October 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Before that, he had defeated Mickael Ben Hamouda at Cage Warriors 107 on 28th September 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Exhibition Centre, Liverpool, England.

He was victorious against Sofiane Boukichou at Cage Warriors 101 on 16th February 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Exhibition Centre, Liverpool.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Alexander Volkov had last fought 3 years, 7 months and 3 days ago, while Tom Aspinall's last outing had been 3 years, 8 months and 29 days ago.

Volkov's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 11 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

Aspinall's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 3 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.2 rounds on average.

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