Alexander Volkov

🇷🇺 ︎

(1988-10-24)

Statistics

UFC Record: 13-5

By Method:

KO/TKO: 6-1
Submission: 1-1
Decision: 6-3

By Elo:

As Favorite: 10-3
As Underdog: 3-2

By Weight Class:

Heavyweight: 13-5

By Round:

Round 1: 2-1
Round 2: 3-0
Round 3: 7-2
Round 4: 1-0
Round 5: 0-2

By Type:

Main Event: 4-3
Ranked Opponent: 11-5

UFC Roster Status: Active

Last 5: WWWLW

Elo: 3312 (#33)

Peak Elo: 3312 (2025-10-25) (#90)

Avg Opponent Elo: 3052 (#46)

Bonuses: 3 (1 FOTN, 2 Performance)

Avg Fight Time: 12m 50s

Total Fight Time: 3h 51m 8s (#116)

Avg Time Between Fights: 168 days

Avg Card Slot: 2.3 (#39)

Avg Age: 32.4 years

Avg Opp Age: 33.8 years

Current Rankings:

#2 Heavyweight

Peak Rankings:

#2 Heavyweight

Elo Rating

UFC Rankings

Bout History

2026-05-09
UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland

Alexander Volkov (37)

🇷🇺 ︎

WLWWW • 13-5
UFC rank: #2 • Elo: 3312 (60%)

HEAVYWEIGHT

🇩🇴 ︎

Waldo Cortes-Acosta (34)
10-2 • WLWWW
Elo: 3236 (40%) • UFC rank: #4

Prudential Center
Newark, New Jersey
United States🇺🇸 ︎

2025-10-25
UFC 321: Aspinall vs. Gane

Alexander Volkov (37)

🇷🇺 ︎

LWWWW • 12-5
UFC rank: #2 • Elo: 3288 (55%)
28

HEAVYWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00
🤖

🇧🇷 ︎

Jailton Almeida (34)
8-1 • WWLWW
Elo: 3253 (45%) • UFC rank: #5
29

Etihad Arena
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates🇦🇪 ︎

2024-12-07
UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura

Ciryl Gane (34)

🇫🇷 ︎

WLWLW • 9-2
UFC rank: #2 • Elo: 3349 (56%)
29

HEAVYWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00
🤖

🇷🇺 ︎

Alexander Volkov (36)
12-4 • WWWWL
Elo: 3311 (44%) • UFC rank: #3
28

T-Mobile Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸 ︎

2024-06-22
UFC on ABC: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov

Alexander Volkov (35)

🇷🇺 ︎

WWWLW • 11-4
UFC rank: #5 • Elo: 3216 (52%)
30

HEAVYWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00
🤖

🇷🇺 ︎

Sergei Pavlovich (32)
6-2 • WWWWL
Elo: 3201 (48%) • UFC rank: #3
27

Kingdom Arena
Riyadh
Saudi Arabia🇸🇦 ︎

2023-09-09
UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland

Alexander Volkov (34)

🇷🇺 ︎

WWLWL • 10-4
UFC rank: #7 • Elo: 3162 (73%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
SUB
R2
4:37

🇦🇺 ︎

🇼🇸 ︎

Tai Tuivasa (30)
8-5 • WWWLL
Elo: 2989 (27%) • UFC rank: #6

Qudos Bank Arena
Sydney
Australia🇦🇺 ︎

2023-03-11
UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Dvalishvili

Alexander Volkov (34)

🇷🇺 ︎

WLWLW • 9-4
UFC rank: #8 • Elo: 3124 (80%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R1
2:16

🇲🇩 ︎

Alexandr Romanov (32)
5-1 • WWWWL
Elo: 2873 (20%) • UFC rank: #14

The Theater at Virgin Hotels
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸 ︎

2022-06-04
UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik

Alexander Volkov (33)

🇷🇺 ︎

LWLWW • 8-4
UFC rank: #7 • Elo: 3036 (56%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R1
2:12

🇸🇷 ︎

Jairzinho Rozenstruik (34)
6-3 • LWLWL
Elo: 2993 (44%) • UFC rank: #8

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸 ︎

2022-03-19
UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall

⭐ Tom Aspinall (28)

🇬🇧 ︎

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ︎

WWWW • 4-0
UFC rank: #11 • Elo: 2980 (23%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
SUB
R1
3:45

🇷🇺 ︎

Alexander Volkov (33)
8-3 • WLWWL
Elo: 3190 (77%) • UFC rank: #6

The O2 Arena
London, England
United Kingdom🇬🇧 ︎

2021-10-30
UFC 267: Błachowicz vs. Teixeira

Alexander Volkov (33)

🇷🇺 ︎

LWWLW • 7-3
UFC rank: #5 • Elo: 3084 (47%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇵🇱 ︎

Marcin Tybura (35)
9-5 • WWWWW
Elo: 3103 (53%) • UFC rank: #8

Etihad Arena
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates🇦🇪 ︎

2021-06-26
UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Volkov

Ciryl Gane (31)

🇫🇷 ︎

WWWWW • 5-0
UFC rank: #3 • Elo: 3115 (37%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
DEC
R5
5:00

🇷🇺 ︎

Alexander Volkov (32)
7-2 • WWLWL
Elo: 3211 (63%) • UFC rank: #5

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸 ︎

2021-02-06
UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov

⭐ Alexander Volkov (32)

🇷🇺 ︎

WLWLW • 6-2
UFC rank: #6 • Elo: 3100 (44%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R2
2:06

🇳🇱 ︎

Alistair Overeem (40)
12-7 • WWLWW
Elo: 3141 (56%) • UFC rank: #5

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸 ︎

2020-10-24
UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje

Alexander Volkov (32)

🇷🇺 ︎

LWLWW • 5-2
UFC rank: #7 • Elo: 3054 (77%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R2
1:15

🇺🇸 ︎

Walt Harris (37)
6-7 (1 NC) • WNWWL
Elo: 2843 (23%) • UFC rank: #10

du Forum
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates🇦🇪 ︎

2020-06-20
UFC on ESPN: Blaydes vs. Volkov

Curtis Blaydes (29)

🇺🇸 ︎

WLWWW • 8-2 (1 NC)
UFC rank: #3 • Elo: 3261 (70%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
DEC
R5
5:00

🇷🇺 ︎

Alexander Volkov (31)
5-1 • WLWWW
Elo: 3114 (30%) • UFC rank: #7

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸 ︎

2019-11-09
UFC Fight Night: Magomedsharipov vs. Kattar

Alexander Volkov (31)

🇷🇺 ︎

LWWWW • 4-1
UFC rank: #7 • Elo: 3101 (93%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇺🇸 ︎

Greg Hardy (31)
2-1 (1 NC) • LWWN
Elo: 2639 (7%)

CSKA Arena
Moscow
Russia🇷🇺 ︎

2018-10-06
UFC 229: Khabib vs. McGregor

⭐ Derrick Lewis (33)

🇺🇸 ︎

WWLWW • 11-3
UFC rank: #2 • Elo: 3132 (37%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
KO
R3
4:49

🇷🇺 ︎

Alexander Volkov (29)
4-0 • WWWW
Elo: 3228 (63%) • UFC rank: #5

T-Mobile Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸 ︎

2018-03-17
UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Volkov

⭐ Alexander Volkov (29)

🇷🇺 ︎

WWW • 3-0
UFC rank: #8 • Elo: 3089 (30%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
KO
R4
1:38

🇧🇷 ︎

Fabricio Werdum (40)
11-4 • LWLWW
Elo: 3235 (70%) • UFC rank: #3

The O2 Arena
London, England
United Kingdom🇬🇧 ︎

2017-09-02
UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Struve

Alexander Volkov (28)

🇷🇺 ︎

WW • 2-0
UFC rank: #8 • Elo: 3009 (60%)

HEAVYWEIGHT

⭐TKO⭐

R3
3:30

🇳🇱 ︎

Stefan Struve (29)
12-6 • LWLWW
Elo: 2936 (40%) • UFC rank: #9

Rotterdam Ahoy
Rotterdam
Netherlands🇳🇱 ︎

2017-04-15
UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Reis

Alexander Volkov (28)

🇷🇺 ︎

W • 1-0
UFC rank: #11 • Elo: 2918 (54%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇺🇸 ︎

Roy Nelson (40)
9-9 • LLWLW
Elo: 2889 (46%)

Sprint Center
Kansas City, Missouri
United States🇺🇸 ︎

2016-11-19
UFC Fight Night: Mousasi vs. Hall 2

Alexander Volkov (28)

🇷🇺 ︎

Debut 🔰
Elo: 2904 (60%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇺🇸 ︎

Tim Johnson (31)
2-1 • WLW
Elo: 2831 (40%) • UFC rank: #14

The SSE Arena
Belfast, Northern Ireland
United Kingdom🇬🇧 ︎