Volkov vs Werdum

Who won Volkov vs Werdum?

Alexander Volkov beat Fabricio Werdum by knockout in the 4th round during the main event of UFC Fight Night 127, on Saturday 17th March 2018 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 Werdum stats

Alexander Volkov stepped into the octagon with a record of 29 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 19 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Fabricio Werdum made his way to the cage with a record of 23 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 11 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 Fabricio Werdum's came in at 12-6-0.

The stats suggested Volkov had a massive power advantage over Werdum, boasting a 66% knock out percentage over Werdum's 26%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Werdum had a massive advantage over Volkov, boasting a 48% submission rate over Volkov's 10%.

Alexander Volkov was the younger man by 11 years, at 36 years old.

Volkov had a height advantage of 3 inches over Werdum. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Volkov was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 6 years and 10 months later than Werdum, whose first professional fight was in 2002. He had fought 29 more professional rounds, 105 to Werdum's 76.

Volkov vs Werdum 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.

Activity check

Volkov's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 8 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

Werdum's last 3 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 9 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 7 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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