Who won Volkov vs Werdum?
Alexander Volkov beat Fabricio Werdum by during the main event of UFC Fight Night 127, on Saturday 17th March 2018 at 02 Arena in London.
The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Alexander Volkov.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant there was no weight limit.
Volkov vs Werdum stats
Alexander Volkov stepped into the octagon with a record of 29 wins, 6 loses and 0 draws, 19 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.
Fabricio Werdum made his way to the cage with a record of 23 wins, 7 loses and 1 draw, with 6 of those wins by knock out and 11 by submission.
The stats suggested Volkov had a massive power advantage over Werdum, boasting at 66% knock out percentage over Werdum's 26%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Werdum had a massive advantage over Volkov, boosting at 48% submission rate over Volkov's 10%.
Alexander Volkov was the younger man by 11 years, at 35 years old.
Volkov had a height advantage of 3 inches over Werdum. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.
Volkov was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 6 year and 10 months later than Werdum, whose first professional fight was in 2002. He had fought 23 more professional rounds, 99 to Werdum's 76.
Volkov vs Werdum 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 in the 1st round at 02 Arena, London, United Kingdom.
Previous to that, he had defeated 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 beat Alistair Overeem at UFC Vegas 18 on 6th February 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.
He had won against Walt Harris at UFC 254 on 24th October 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Activity check
Volkov's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 4 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.
Werdum's last 3 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 8 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 2 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.
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