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Alexander Volkov
Record
15-5
Rating
2258 ± 130
Since last event
–
Next fight
nothing booked
Age
38
38
Current streak
3 wins
3 wins
Wins by
6 KO · 1 sub · 8 dec
6 KO · 1 sub · 8 dec
Key facts
- Record
- 15-5
- Division
- Heavyweight
- Our rank
- #2
- Rating
- 2258 ± 130
- Style label
- balanced
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Height
- 79"
- Reach
- 80"
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Date of birth
- 1988-10-24
Rating history
Style profile
Percentile within the division · the dashed ring is average · outward is always better
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The numbers behind it
Rates are per 15 minutes of fight time, adjusted for the quality of
what the opponent usually allows. Defence and accuracy figures are percentages. A wider ±
means fewer rounds of evidence, and on the chart it is the whisker along that axis.
| Metric | Alexander Volkov | Division |
|---|---|---|
| Strikes landed /15 min | 63.0 ± 18.8 97th percentile | 49.5 |
| Strike avoidance absorbed /15 min | 51.9 ± 7.2 91st percentile | 57.0 |
| Takedown attempts /15 min | 2.63 ± 1.79 3rd percentile | 3.93 |
| Takedown defence % | 65 ± 14 94th percentile | 56 |
| Control time s /15 min | 201 ± 9 30th percentile | 202 |
| Striking defence % | 46 ± 2 9th percentile | 47 |
| Knockdowns /15 min | 0.67 ± 0.06 64th percentile | 0.63 |
| Submission attempts /15 min | 0.55 ± 0.21 26th percentile | 0.69 |
| Metric | Alexander Volkov | Division |
|---|---|---|
| Strikes landed /15 min | 69.7 ± 2.6 70th percentile | 69.5 |
| Strike avoidance absorbed /15 min | 77.0 ± 17.8 70th percentile | 79.3 |
| Takedown attempts /15 min | 3.41 ± 2.92 10th percentile | 3.79 |
| Takedown defence % | 77 ± 6 35th percentile | 78 |
| Control time s /15 min | 172 ± 14 30th percentile | 174 |
| Striking defence % | 48 ± 3 23rd percentile | 48 |
| Knockdowns /15 min | 1.33 ± 0.53 3rd percentile | 1.40 |
| Submission attempts /15 min | 0.28 ± 0.28 23rd percentile | 0.32 |
| Metric | Alexander Volkov | Division |
|---|---|---|
| Strikes landed /15 min | 60.1 ± 21.8 69th percentile | 59.3 |
| Strike avoidance absorbed /15 min | 54.9 ± 2.5 44th percentile | 55.0 |
| Takedown attempts /15 min | 4.66 ± 3.49 19th percentile | 4.78 |
| Takedown defence % | 65 ± 16 82nd percentile | 64 |
| Control time s /15 min | 190 ± 79 19th percentile | 193 |
| Striking defence % | 50 ± 0 44th percentile | 50 |
| Knockdowns /15 min | 0.37 ± 0.22 81st percentile | 0.37 |
| Submission attempts /15 min | 0.14 ± 0.14 31st percentile | 0.14 |
Style-based strength score
Average predicted win probability against the current top 15 of this division: 50.9%. This never changes the ranking — it shows where the styles help or hurt.
Best matchups
- Brando Pericic — 61%
- Alex Pereira — 59%
- Rizvan Kuniev — 58%
Worst matchups
- Sergei Pavlovich — 42%
- Mario Pinto — 41%
- Ciryl Gane — 38%
UFC fight history
| W | Rizvan Kuniev
UFC 333: Volkanovski vs. Evloev · 2026-10-24 |
Decision - Unanimous R3 |
| W | Waldo Cortes Acosta
UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland · 2026-05-09 |
Decision - Unanimous R3 |
| W | Jailton Almeida
UFC 321: Aspinall vs. Gane · 2025-10-25 |
Decision - Split R3 |
| L | Ciryl Gane
UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura · 2024-12-07 |
Decision - Split R3 |
| W | Sergei Pavlovich
UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov · 2024-06-22 |
Decision - Unanimous R3 |
| W | Tai Tuivasa
UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland · 2023-09-09 |
Submission R2 |
| W | Alexandr Romanov
UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Dvalishvili · 2023-03-11 |
KO/TKO R1 |
| W | Jairzinho Rozenstruik
UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik · 2022-06-04 |
KO/TKO R1 |
| L | Tom Aspinall
UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall · 2022-03-19 |
Submission R1 |
| W | Marcin Tybura
UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira · 2021-10-30 |
Decision - Unanimous R3 |
| L | Ciryl Gane
UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Volkov · 2021-06-26 |
Decision - Unanimous R5 |
| W | Alistair Overeem
UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov · 2021-02-06 |
KO/TKO R2 |
| W | Walt Harris
UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje · 2020-10-24 |
KO/TKO R2 |
| L | Curtis Blaydes
UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Volkov · 2020-06-20 |
Decision - Unanimous R5 |
| W | Greg Hardy
UFC Fight Night: Zabit vs. Kattar · 2019-11-09 |
Decision - Unanimous R3 |
| L | Derrick Lewis
UFC 229: Khabib vs. McGregor · 2018-10-06 |
KO/TKO R3 |
| W | Fabricio Werdum
UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Volkov · 2018-03-17 |
KO/TKO R4 |
| W | Stefan Struve
UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Struve · 2017-09-02 |
KO/TKO R3 |
| W | Roy Nelson
UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Reis · 2017-04-15 |
Decision - Unanimous R3 |
| W | Timothy Johnson
UFC Fight Night: Mousasi vs. Hall 2 · 2016-11-19 Decision check: dispute 0.66, decision credit 0.50 (official result unchanged) |
Decision - Split R3 |