Volkov vs Aspinall

Who won Volkov vs Aspinall?

Tom Aspinall beat Alexander Volkov by submission in the 1st round during the main event of UFC Fight Night London, on Saturday 19th March 2022 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 Aspinall stats

Alexander Volkov stepped into the octagon with a record of 34 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 22 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Tom Aspinall made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Alexander Volkov's 16th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2016.

Alexander Volkov's UFC record stood at 12-4-0, while Tom Aspinall's came in at 7-1-0.

The stats suggested Aspinall had an advantage in power over Volkov, with a 82% knock out percentage over Volkov's 65%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Aspinall had a slight advantage over Volkov, with a 18% submission rate over Volkov's 9%.

Alexander Volkov was the older man by 4 years, at 35 years old.

Volkov had a height advantage of 2 inches over Aspinall. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Volkov was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 30 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 5 years and 7 months earlier than Aspinall, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 82 more professional rounds, 102 to Aspinall's 20.

Volkov vs Aspinall form

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

In his last fight before 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.

Aspinall had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had been defeated by Curtis Blaydes at UFC Fight Night London on 23rd July 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at The O2, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he was victorious against Alexander Volkov at UFC Fight Night London on 19th March 2022 by submission in the 1st round at 02 Arena, London.

Going into that contest, he had won against Sergey Spivac at UFC Vegas 36 on 4th September 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Before that, he had beaten Andrei Arlovski at UFC Vegas 19 on 20th February 2021 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had defeated Alan Baudot at UFC Fight Island 5 on 10th October 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Alexander Volkov had last fought 3 years and 27 days ago, while Tom Aspinall's last outing had been 2 years ago.

Volkov's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 8 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

Aspinall's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 9 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.2 rounds on average.

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