Lewis vs Volkov

Who won Lewis vs Volkov?

Derrick Lewis beat Alexander Volkov by during the main card of UFC 229, on Saturday 6th October 2018 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Derrick Lewis.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Lewis vs Volkov stats

Derrick Lewis stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 17 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Alexander Volkov made his way to the cage with a record of 30 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 20 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Derrick Lewis' UFC record stood at 18-10-0, while Alexander Volkov's came in at 11-4-0.

The stats suggested Lewis had an advantage in power over Volkov, with a 85% knock out percentage over Volkov's 67%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Volkov had a slight advantage over Lewis, with a 10% submission rate over Lewis' 5%.

Derrick Lewis was the older man by 4 years, at 39 years old.

Volkov had a height advantage of 4 inches over Lewis. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Lewis was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 11 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 11 months later than Volkov, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 13 less professional rounds, 86 to Volkov's 99.

Lewis vs Volkov form

Lewis had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Chris Daukaus at UFC Fight Night on 18th December 2021 by knockout in the 1st round.

Previous to that, he had lost to Ciryl Gane at UFC 265 on 7th August 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Curtis Blaydes at UFC Vegas 19 on 20th February 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Aleksei Oleinik at UFC Vegas 6 on 8th August 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He was victorious against Ilir Latifi at UFC 247 on 8th February 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Toyota Center, Houston.

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 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.

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 defeated 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

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

Going to this contest, Derrick Lewis had last fought 2 years and 4 months ago, while Alexander Volkov's last outing had been 2 years, 9 months and 23 days ago.

Lewis' last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 2 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Volkov's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 5 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 20 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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