Volkanovski vs Mendes

Who won Volkanovski vs Mendes?

Alexander Volkanovski beat Chad Mendes by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC 232, on Saturday 29th December 2018 at The Forum in Inglewood.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Volkanovski vs Mendes stats

Alexander Volkanovski stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Chad Mendes made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Alexander Volkanovski's UFC record stood at 13-3-0, while Chad Mendes' came in at 9-5-0.

The stats suggested Volkanovski had an advantage in power over Mendes, with a 56% knock out percentage over Mendes' 44%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Volkanovski had a slight advantage over Mendes, with a 17% submission rate over Mendes' 11%.

Alexander Volkanovski was the younger man by 3 years, at 36 years old.

Volkanovski had a 6-inch reach advantage.

Volkanovski was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 3 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 3 years and 7 months later than Mendes, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 34 more professional rounds, 82 to Mendes' 48.

Volkanovski vs Mendes form

Volkanovski had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1 opponent and going to the judges 4 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Chan Sung Jung at UFC 273 on 9th April 2022 by knockout in the 4th round in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Brian Ortega at UFC 266 on 25th September 2021 by unanimous decision in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Max Holloway at UFC 251 on 11th July 2020 by split decision in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Before that, he was victorious against Max Holloway at UFC 245 on 14th December 2019 by unanimous decision in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

He had won against Jose Aldo at UFC 237 on 11th May 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Activity check

Volkanovski's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 22 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.4 rounds on average.

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