Alexander Volkov

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Rank State: Nevada

Age: 36

Last 5: W W W W L

Association: Strela Team

Pro Debut Date: 2009-04-19

Pro Record: 38-11-0

Current Ranking:

#4 Heavyweight

'Big League' Record: 28-11-0

Last 3 Years: 3-1-0

Win Finish %: 73.7%

Combat Age: 50

Quality Perf. %: 55.1%

Last Quality Perf.: 2024-12-07

540 Metric: .462

Rating Points: 1277

Highest Quarterly Ranking: 10/01/2024

#3 Heavyweight

All-Time Rank:

#27 Heavyweight+

Last Fight Date: 12/07/2024 [UFC]
Last Opponent: [#2 HW] Ciryl Gane
Opponent's Last 5: L W L W W

UFC Record: 12-5-0

Octagon Time: 3:36:08

Longest Win Streak: 4 (2022-2024)
Next Best Win Streak: 4 (2016-2018)

UFC Debut: 2016-11-19

Last UFC Fight: 2024-12-07

Complete Professional MMA Fight History
Fighter rankings represent most recent generated quarterly rating prior to the fight

	Opponent	Outcome
L	Ciryl Gane #2 Heavyweight	Decision (Split) Round 3
	UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura Saturday, December 7th 2024
W	Sergei Pavlovich #4 Heavyweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	UFC on ABC 6 - Whittaker vs. Aliskerov Saturday, June 22nd 2024
W	Tai Tuivasa #7 Heavyweight	Submission (Ezekiel Choke) Round 2
	UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland Saturday, September 9th 2023
W	Alexander Romanov #28 Heavyweight	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	UFC Fight Night 221 - Yan vs. Dvalishvili Saturday, March 11th 2023
W	Jairzinho Rozenstruik #8 Heavyweight	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	UFC Fight Night 207 - Volkov vs. Rozenstruik Saturday, June 4th 2022
L	Tom Aspinall #19 Heavyweight	Submission (Straight Armbar) Round 1
	UFC Fight Night 204 - Volkov vs. Aspinall Saturday, March 19th 2022
W	Marcin Tybura #9 Heavyweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	UFC 267 - Blachowicz vs. Teixeira Saturday, October 30th 2021
L	Ciryl Gane #4 Heavyweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 5
	UFC Fight Night 190 - Gane vs. Volkov Saturday, June 26th 2021
W	Alistair Overeem #6 Heavyweight	TKO (Punches) Round 2
	UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov Saturday, February 6th 2021
W	Walt Harris #18 Heavyweight	TKO (Body Kick and Punches) Round 2
	UFC 254 - Nurmagomedov vs. Gaethje Saturday, October 24th 2020
L	Curtis Blaydes #4 Heavyweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 5
	UFC on ESPN 11 - Blaydes vs. Volkov Saturday, June 20th 2020
W	Greg Hardy #91 Heavyweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	UFC Fight Night 163 - Magomedsharipov vs. ... Saturday, November 9th 2019
L	Derrick Lewis #5 Heavyweight	KO (Punches) Round 3
	UFC 229 - Nurmagomedov vs. McGregor Saturday, October 6th 2018
W	Fabricio Werdum #3 Heavyweight	KO (Punches) Round 4
	UFC Fight Night 127 - Werdum vs. Volkov Saturday, March 17th 2018
W	Stefan Struve #14 Heavyweight	TKO (Punches) Round 3
	UFC Fight Night 115 - Volkov vs. Struve Saturday, September 2nd 2017
W	Roy Nelson #12 Heavyweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	UFC on Fox 24 - Johnson vs. Reis Saturday, April 15th 2017
W	Tim Johnson #27 Heavyweight	Decision (Split) Round 3
	UFC Fight Night 99: Mousasi vs. Hall 2 Saturday, November 19th 2016
W	Attila Vegh #30 Light Heavyweight	KO (Punches) Round 1
	M-1 Challenge 68 - Shlemenko vs. Vasilevsky 2 Thursday, June 16th 2016
W	Denis Smoldarev #42 Heavyweight	SUB Round 3
	M-1 Challenge 64: Smoldarev vs. Volkov Friday, February 19th 2016
L	Cheick Kongo #20 Heavyweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	Bellator 139 - Kongo vs. Volkov Friday, June 26th 2015
L	Tony Johnson #53 Heavyweight	Decision (Split) Round 3
	Bellator 136 - Brooks vs. Jansen Friday, April 10th 2015
W	Alexei Kudin #51 Heavyweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	UMMAP - Union MMA Pro Saturday, February 21st 2015
W	Roy Boughton #136 Heavyweight	TKO (Doctor Stoppage) Round 1
	Tech-Krep Fighting Championship - Battle o... Friday, December 12th 2014
W	Blagoy Ivanov #37 Heavyweight	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 2
	Bellator MMA - Bellator 120 Saturday, May 17th 2014
W	Siala-Mou Siliga #40 Heavyweight	KO (Head Kick) Round 1
	Bellator MMA - Bellator 116 Friday, April 11th 2014
W	Mark Holata	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	Bellator MMA - Bellator 111 Friday, March 7th 2014
L	Vitaly Minakov #21 Heavyweight	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	Bellator MMA - Bellator 108 Friday, November 15th 2013
W	Rich Hale #48 Light Heavyweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 5
	BFC - Bellator Fighting Championships 84 Friday, December 14th 2012
W	Vinicius Kappke de Queiroz	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	BFC - Bellator Fighting Championships 80 Friday, November 9th 2012
W	Brett Rogers #31 Heavyweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	BFC - Bellator Fighting Championships 75 Friday, October 5th 2012
W	Stefan Stankovic	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	FEFoMP - Mayor Cup 2012 Saturday, May 26th 2012
W	Ricco Rodriguez #107 Heavyweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	BF - Baltic Challenge 3 Thursday, February 23rd 2012
W	Arsen Abdulkerimov #107 Heavyweight	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	M-1 Global - Fedor vs. Monson Sunday, November 20th 2011
W	Bakhodir Ibragimov #659 Middleweight	TKO (Punches) Round 2
	MMACC - MMA Corona Cup 1 Friday, October 7th 2011
W	Nedyalko Karadjov #352 Heavyweight	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	League S-70 - Russia vs. Brazil Friday, August 5th 2011
W	Denis Goltsov	TKO (Punches) Round 2
	M-1 Challenge 25 - Zavurov vs. Enomoto Thursday, April 28th 2011
W	Ruslan Chapko	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	MFT - Mix Fight Tournament Friday, January 14th 2011
L	Pat Bennett #368 Heavyweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 4
	M-1 Challenge 22 - Narkun vs. Vasilevsky Friday, December 10th 2010
W	Evgeni Babich	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	LM - Tournament 3 Saturday, September 18th 2010
W	Eldar Yagudin	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	Field Of Arms: The First Battle Friday, August 6th 2010
L	Maxim Grishin #102 Heavyweight	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1
	M-1 Selection 2010 - Eastern Europe Finals Thursday, July 22nd 2010
W	Alexander Romaschenko	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1
	M-1 Selection 2010 - Eastern Europe Round 3 Friday, May 28th 2010
W	Vitalii Yalovenko	TKO (Doctor Stoppage) Round 2
	M-1 Selection 2010 - Eastern Europe Round 2 Saturday, April 10th 2010
W	Ibragim Magomedov #48 Heavyweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	M-1 Challenge 20 - 2009 Finals Thursday, December 3rd 2009
W	Smbat Zakaryan	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	ProFC - Union Nation Cup 3 Friday, October 30th 2009
W	Abdulkhalik Magomedov	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	M-1 Challenge - 2009 Selections 8 Sunday, October 4th 2009
L	Akhmed Sultanov #264 Heavyweight	Submission (Armbar) Round 1
	M-1 Challenge - 2009 Selections 4 Wednesday, June 24th 2009
W	Adam Alikhanov	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	M-1 Challenge - 2009 Selections 3 Thursday, May 28th 2009
W	Nikolay Pleshakov	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	M-1 Challenge - 2009 Selections 2 Sunday, April 19th 2009

	Opponent	Event	Outcome
L	Ciryl Gane #2 Heavyweight	UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura Saturday, December 7th 2024	Decision (Split) Round 3
W	Sergei Pavlovich #4 Heavyweight	UFC on ABC 6 - Whittaker vs. Aliskerov Saturday, June 22nd 2024	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Tai Tuivasa #7 Heavyweight	UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland Saturday, September 9th 2023	Submission (Ezekiel Choke) Round 2
W	Alexander Romanov #28 Heavyweight	UFC Fight Night 221 - Yan vs. Dvalishvili Saturday, March 11th 2023	TKO (Punches) Round 1
W	Jairzinho Rozenstruik #8 Heavyweight	UFC Fight Night 207 - Volkov vs. Rozenstruik Saturday, June 4th 2022	TKO (Punches) Round 1
L	Tom Aspinall #19 Heavyweight	UFC Fight Night 204 - Volkov vs. Aspinall Saturday, March 19th 2022	Submission (Straight Armbar) Round 1
W	Marcin Tybura #9 Heavyweight	UFC 267 - Blachowicz vs. Teixeira Saturday, October 30th 2021	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
L	Ciryl Gane #4 Heavyweight	UFC Fight Night 190 - Gane vs. Volkov Saturday, June 26th 2021	Decision (Unanimous) Round 5
W	Alistair Overeem #6 Heavyweight	UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov Saturday, February 6th 2021	TKO (Punches) Round 2
W	Walt Harris #18 Heavyweight	UFC 254 - Nurmagomedov vs. Gaethje Saturday, October 24th 2020	TKO (Body Kick and Punches) Round 2
L	Curtis Blaydes #4 Heavyweight	UFC on ESPN 11 - Blaydes vs. Volkov Saturday, June 20th 2020	Decision (Unanimous) Round 5
W	Greg Hardy #91 Heavyweight	UFC Fight Night 163 - Magomedsharipov vs. ... Saturday, November 9th 2019	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
L	Derrick Lewis #5 Heavyweight	UFC 229 - Nurmagomedov vs. McGregor Saturday, October 6th 2018	KO (Punches) Round 3
W	Fabricio Werdum #3 Heavyweight	UFC Fight Night 127 - Werdum vs. Volkov Saturday, March 17th 2018	KO (Punches) Round 4
W	Stefan Struve #14 Heavyweight	UFC Fight Night 115 - Volkov vs. Struve Saturday, September 2nd 2017	TKO (Punches) Round 3
W	Roy Nelson #12 Heavyweight	UFC on Fox 24 - Johnson vs. Reis Saturday, April 15th 2017	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Tim Johnson #27 Heavyweight	UFC Fight Night 99: Mousasi vs. Hall 2 Saturday, November 19th 2016	Decision (Split) Round 3
W	Attila Vegh #30 Light Heavyweight	M-1 Challenge 68 - Shlemenko vs. Vasilevsky 2 Thursday, June 16th 2016	KO (Punches) Round 1
W	Denis Smoldarev #42 Heavyweight	M-1 Challenge 64: Smoldarev vs. Volkov Friday, February 19th 2016	SUB Round 3
L	Cheick Kongo #20 Heavyweight	Bellator 139 - Kongo vs. Volkov Friday, June 26th 2015	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
L	Tony Johnson #53 Heavyweight	Bellator 136 - Brooks vs. Jansen Friday, April 10th 2015	Decision (Split) Round 3
W	Alexei Kudin #51 Heavyweight	UMMAP - Union MMA Pro Saturday, February 21st 2015	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Roy Boughton #136 Heavyweight	Tech-Krep Fighting Championship - Battle o... Friday, December 12th 2014	TKO (Doctor Stoppage) Round 1
W	Blagoy Ivanov #37 Heavyweight	Bellator MMA - Bellator 120 Saturday, May 17th 2014	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 2
W	Siala-Mou Siliga #40 Heavyweight	Bellator MMA - Bellator 116 Friday, April 11th 2014	KO (Head Kick) Round 1
W	Mark Holata	Bellator MMA - Bellator 111 Friday, March 7th 2014	TKO (Punches) Round 1
L	Vitaly Minakov #21 Heavyweight	Bellator MMA - Bellator 108 Friday, November 15th 2013	TKO (Punches) Round 1
W	Rich Hale #48 Light Heavyweight	BFC - Bellator Fighting Championships 84 Friday, December 14th 2012	Decision (Unanimous) Round 5
W	Vinicius Kappke de Queiroz	BFC - Bellator Fighting Championships 80 Friday, November 9th 2012	TKO (Punches) Round 1
W	Brett Rogers #31 Heavyweight	BFC - Bellator Fighting Championships 75 Friday, October 5th 2012	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Stefan Stankovic	FEFoMP - Mayor Cup 2012 Saturday, May 26th 2012	TKO (Punches) Round 1
W	Ricco Rodriguez #107 Heavyweight	BF - Baltic Challenge 3 Thursday, February 23rd 2012	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Arsen Abdulkerimov #107 Heavyweight	M-1 Global - Fedor vs. Monson Sunday, November 20th 2011	TKO (Punches) Round 1
W	Bakhodir Ibragimov #659 Middleweight	MMACC - MMA Corona Cup 1 Friday, October 7th 2011	TKO (Punches) Round 2
W	Nedyalko Karadjov #352 Heavyweight	League S-70 - Russia vs. Brazil Friday, August 5th 2011	TKO (Punches) Round 1
W	Denis Goltsov	M-1 Challenge 25 - Zavurov vs. Enomoto Thursday, April 28th 2011	TKO (Punches) Round 2
W	Ruslan Chapko	MFT - Mix Fight Tournament Friday, January 14th 2011	TKO (Punches) Round 1
L	Pat Bennett #368 Heavyweight	M-1 Challenge 22 - Narkun vs. Vasilevsky Friday, December 10th 2010	Decision (Unanimous) Round 4
W	Evgeni Babich	LM - Tournament 3 Saturday, September 18th 2010	TKO (Punches) Round 1
W	Eldar Yagudin	Field Of Arms: The First Battle Friday, August 6th 2010	TKO (Punches) Round 1
L	Maxim Grishin #102 Heavyweight	M-1 Selection 2010 - Eastern Europe Finals Thursday, July 22nd 2010	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1
W	Alexander Romaschenko	M-1 Selection 2010 - Eastern Europe Round 3 Friday, May 28th 2010	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1
W	Vitalii Yalovenko	M-1 Selection 2010 - Eastern Europe Round 2 Saturday, April 10th 2010	TKO (Doctor Stoppage) Round 2
W	Ibragim Magomedov #48 Heavyweight	M-1 Challenge 20 - 2009 Finals Thursday, December 3rd 2009	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Smbat Zakaryan	ProFC - Union Nation Cup 3 Friday, October 30th 2009	TKO (Punches) Round 1
W	Abdulkhalik Magomedov	M-1 Challenge - 2009 Selections 8 Sunday, October 4th 2009	TKO (Punches) Round 1
L	Akhmed Sultanov #264 Heavyweight	M-1 Challenge - 2009 Selections 4 Wednesday, June 24th 2009	Submission (Armbar) Round 1
W	Adam Alikhanov	M-1 Challenge - 2009 Selections 3 Thursday, May 28th 2009	TKO (Punches) Round 1
W	Nikolay Pleshakov	M-1 Challenge - 2009 Selections 2 Sunday, April 19th 2009	TKO (Punches) Round 1