Volkov vs Struve

Who won Volkov vs Struve?

Alexander Volkov beat Stefan Struve by knockout in the 3rd round during the main event of UFC Fight Night 115, on Saturday 2nd September 2017 at Ahoy Rotterdam in Rotterdam.

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 Struve stats

Alexander Volkov stepped into the octagon with a record of 28 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 18 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Stefan Struve made his way to the cage with a record of 28 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 17 by submission.

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

Alexander Volkov's UFC record stood at 12-5-0, while Stefan Struve's came in at 13-11-0.

The stats suggested Volkov had a massive power advantage over Struve, boasting a 64% knock out percentage over Struve's 29%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Struve had a massive advantage over Volkov, boasting a 61% submission rate over Volkov's 11%.

Alexander Volkov was the younger man by 1 year, at 36 years old.

Struve had a height advantage of 4 inches over Volkov. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Volkov was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 2 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2009, 4 years and 1 month later than Struve, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 39 more professional rounds, 105 to Struve's 66.

Volkov vs Struve 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 won against Jairzinho Rozenstruik at UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik on 4th June 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Tom Aspinall at UFC Fight Night London on 19th March 2022 by submission in the 1st round at 02 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Marcin Tybura at UFC 267 on 30th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.

Before that, he had been beaten by 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.

He had defeated Alistair Overeem at UFC Vegas 18 on 6th February 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Volkov's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 4 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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