Volkov vs Struve

Who won Volkov vs Struve?

Alexander Volkov beat Stefan Struve by during the main event of UFC Fight Night 115, on Saturday 2nd September 2017 at Ahoy Rotterdam in Rotterdam.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Alexander Volkov.

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 Struve stats

Alexander Volkov stepped into the octagon with a record of 28 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 18 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Stefan Struve made his way to the cage with a record of 28 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 17 by submission.

Alexander Volkov's UFC record stood at 11-4-0, while Stefan Struve's came in at 13-11-0.

The stats suggested Volkov had a massive power advantage over Struve, boasting a 64% knock out percentage over Struve's 29%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Struve had a massive advantage over Volkov, boasting a 61% submission rate over Volkov's 11%.

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

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

Volkov was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 2 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2009, 4 years and 1 month later than Struve, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 33 more professional rounds, 99 to Struve's 66.

Volkov vs Struve 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 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

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.

Struve's last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 7 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 3 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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