Volkov vs Rozenstruik

Who won Volkov vs Rozenstruik?

Alexander Volkov beat Jairzinho Rozenstruik by knockout in the 1st round during the main event of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 4th June 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

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 Rozenstruik stats

Alexander Volkov stepped into the octagon with a record of 34 wins, 10 losses and 0 draws, 22 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Jairzinho Rozenstruik made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out.

Alexander Volkov's UFC record stood at 11-4-0, while Jairzinho Rozenstruik's came in at 8-5-0.

The stats suggested Rozenstruik had a large advantage in power over Volkov, boasting a 92% knock out percentage over Volkov's 65%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Volkov had a slight advantage over Rozenstruik, with a 9% submission rate over Rozenstruik's 0%.

Alexander Volkov was the younger man by 1 year, at 35 years old.

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

Volkov was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 29 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 3 years and 1 month earlier than Rozenstruik, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 63 more professional rounds, 99 to Rozenstruik's 36.

Volkov vs Rozenstruik form

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

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Tom Aspinall at UFC Fight Night London on 19th March 2022 by submission in the 1st round at 02 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had won against Marcin Tybura at UFC 267 on 30th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.

Going into that 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.

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

He had defeated Walt Harris at UFC 254 on 24th October 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Jairzinho Rozenstruik had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been defeated by Curtis Blaydes at UFC 266 on 4th September 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he was victorious against Augusto Sakai at UFC Vegas 28 on 5th June 2021 by knockout in the 1st round.

Going into that contest, he had won against Junior dos Santos at UFC 252 on 15th August 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had lost to Francis NGannou at UFC 249 on 9th May 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

He had beaten Alistair Overeem at UFC on ESPN 7 on 7th December 2019 by knockout in the 5th round at Capital One Arena, Washington D.C..

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Alexander Volkov had last fought 2 years, 1 month and 7 days ago, while Jairzinho Rozenstruik's last outing had been 2 years, 7 months and 22 days ago.

Volkov's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 6 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Rozenstruik's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 4 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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