Volkov vs Tybura

Who won Volkov vs Tybura?

Alexander Volkov beat Marcin Tybura by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 267, on Saturday 30th October 2021.

The scorecards were announced as 30-27, 30-27, 29-28 in favor of the winner Alexander Volkov.

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).

Volkov vs Tybura stats

Alexander Volkov stepped into the octagon with a record of 33 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 22 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Marcin Tybura made his way to the cage with a record of 21 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

Alexander Volkov's UFC record stood at 11-4-0, while Marcin Tybura's came in at 12-7-0.

The stats suggested Volkov had a large advantage in power over Tybura, boasting a 67% knock out percentage over Tybura's 38%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Tybura had an advantage over Volkov, with a 29% submission rate over Volkov's 9%.

Alexander Volkov was the younger man by 3 years, at 35 years old.

Volkov had a height advantage of 4 inches over Tybura. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Volkov was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 14 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 2 years and 6 months earlier than Tybura, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 28 more professional rounds, 99 to Tybura's 71.

Volkov vs Tybura 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.

Tybura 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 was victorious against Blagoy Ivanov at UFC Fight Night on 4th February 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Alexander Romanov at UFC 278 on 20th August 2022 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Alexander Volkov at UFC 267 on 30th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.

Before that, he had beaten Walt Harris at UFC Vegas 28 on 5th June 2021 by knockout in the 1st round in the United States.

He had defeated Greg Hardy at UFC Vegas 17 on 19th December 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Alexander Volkov had last fought 2 years, 9 months and 30 days ago, while Marcin Tybura's last outing had been 1 year, 2 months and 21 days ago.

Volkov's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 5 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

Tybura's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 4 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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