Gane vs Volkov

Who won Gane vs Volkov?

Ciryl Gane beat Alexander Volkov by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC Vegas 30, on Saturday 26th June 2021 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 50-45, 50-45, 49-46 in favor of the winner Ciryl Gane.

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).

Gane vs Volkov stats

Ciryl Gane stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 8 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Alexander Volkov made his way to the cage with a record of 33 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 22 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Ciryl Gane's UFC record stood at 9-2-0, while Alexander Volkov's came in at 11-4-0.

The stats suggested Volkov had a large advantage in power over Gane, boasting a 67% knock out percentage over Gane's 38%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Gane had a large advantage over Volkov, boasting a 38% submission rate over Volkov's 9%.

Ciryl Gane was the younger man by 1 year, at 34 years old.

Volkov had a height advantage of 3 inches over Gane. Despite this, he had 2-inch reach advantage.

Gane was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 33 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2018, 9 years and 3 months later than Volkov, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 62 less professional rounds, 37 to Volkov's 99.

Gane vs Volkov form

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

In his last fight leading up to this contest, 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.

Previous to that, he had won against Alistair Overeem at UFC Vegas 18 on 6th February 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

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

Before that, 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.

He had defeated Greg Hardy at UFC on ESPN+ 21 on 9th November 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at CSKA Arena, Moscow, Russia.

Activity check

Gane's last 2 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 5 months and 30 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years and 3 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

Volkov's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 5 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

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