Volkov vs Overeem

Who won Volkov vs Overeem?

Alexander Volkov beat Alistair Overeem by knockout in the 2nd round during the main event of UFC Vegas 18, on Saturday 6th February 2021 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 Overeem stats

Alexander Volkov stepped into the octagon with a record of 32 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 21 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Alistair Overeem made his way to the cage with a record of 47 wins, 18 losses and 0 draws, 25 of those wins coming by knock out and 17 by submission.

This was Alexander Volkov's 17th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2016.

Alexander Volkov's UFC record stood at 12-5-0, while Alistair Overeem's came in at 12-8-0.

The stats suggested Volkov had an advantage in power over Overeem, with a 66% knock out percentage over Overeem's 53%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Overeem had a large advantage over Volkov, boasting a 36% submission rate over Volkov's 9%.

Alexander Volkov was the younger man by 9 years, at 36 years old.

Volkov had a height advantage of 3 inches over Overeem. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Volkov was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 25 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2009, 9 years and 5 months later than Overeem, whose first professional fight was in 1999. He had fought the same amount of professional rounds, 105 to Overeem's 105.

Volkov vs Overeem form

Alistair Overeem had stopped 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Augusto Sakai at UFC Vegas 9 on 5th September 2020 by knockout in the 5th round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Walt Harris at UFC Fight Night Jacksonville on 16th May 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Jairzinho Rozenstruik at UFC on ESPN 7 on 7th December 2019 by knockout in the 5th round at Capital One Arena, Washington D.C..

Before that, he had defeated Aleksei Oleinik at UFC on ESPN+ 7 on 20th April 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Yubileyny Sports Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia.

He was victorious against Sergei Pavlovich at UFC Fight Night 141 on 24th November 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Cadillac Arena, Beijing, China.

Activity check

Volkov's last 3 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 9 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 7 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.3 rounds on average.

Overeem's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 6 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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