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 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.

Fabricio Werdum had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he was victorious against Alexander Gustafsson at UFC Fight Island 3 on 25th July 2020 by submission in the 1st round at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Previous to that, he had been defeated by Alexander Volkov at UFC Fight Night 127 on 17th March 2018 by knockout in the 4th round at 02 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had won against Marcin Tybura at UFC Fight Night 121 on 18th November 2017 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney, Australia.

Before that, he had beaten Walt Harris at UFC 216 on 7th October 2017 by submission in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

He had lost to Alistair Overeem at UFC 213 on 8th July 2017 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Alexander Volkov had last fought 3 years and 23 days ago, while Fabricio Werdum's last outing had been 4 years, 11 months and 2 days ago.

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.

Werdum's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 11 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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