Alexander Volkov

HeavyweightOutfighter
14 - 5

19 UFC Fights | 74% Win Rate | 7 Finishes (50%)

Height
6' 7"
Reach
80"
Weight
261 lbs.
Age
37
Orthodox

Alexander Volkov UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Alexander Volkov is 14-5 in the UFC across 19 fights, with 6 wins by knockout, 1 by submission and 7 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 40-11, 26-6 of it outside the UFC. Volkov competes at heavyweight as an orthodox outfighter, standing 6'7" with a 80" reach at 37 years old. The last bout was a win over Waldo Cortes Acosta by unanimous decision in May 2026.

Best attribute: striking volume (significant strikes landed per minute) — 90th percentile among 166 heavyweight fighters (5.0 sig. strikes/min).

Alexander Volkov's UFC win rate is 74% (14 of 19 fights), and 50% of those wins came by finish. Volkov averages 0.6 takedowns per fight at 67% accuracy and stops 69% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
40-11
UFC Record
14-5
Height
6'7"
Reach
80"
Age
37
Stance
Orthodox
Last Fight
W vs Waldo Cortes Acosta · Decision - Unanimous · May 2026

Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.

Alexander Volkov's Last 5 Fights

Volkov is 4-1 in the last five UFC fights.

  1. Win vs Waldo Cortes Acosta · Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 · UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland · May 2026
  2. Win vs Jailton Almeida · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 321: Aspinall vs. Gane · Oct 2025
  3. Loss vs Ciryl Gane · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura · Dec 2024
  4. Win vs Sergei Pavlovich · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov · Jun 2024
  5. Win vs Tai Tuivasa · Submission · R2 4:37 · UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland · Sep 2023

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
5.0
+1.7x ratio
Accuracy
57%
above avg
Knockdowns / Fight
0.22

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
3.0
0.8x avg
Strike Differential
+2.0
Opp. Accuracy Against
46%

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
0.6
Takedown Accuracy
67%
Takedown Defense
69%
Control Time / Fight
1:16
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.1

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
11% KO
0% Sub
R2
11% KO
6% Sub
R3+
11% KO
0% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Alexander Volkov vs Average

Alexander Volkov's UFC Fight History

19 UFC fights on record (14-5), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
WWaldo Cortes AcostaDecision - UnanimousR3 · 5:00UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland2026-05-09
WJailton AlmeidaDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 321: Aspinall vs. Gane2025-10-25
LCiryl GaneDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura2024-12-07
WSergei PavlovichDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov2024-06-22
WTai TuivasaSubmissionR2 · 4:37UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland2023-09-09
WAlexandr RomanovKO/TKOR1 · 2:16UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Dvalishvili2023-03-11
WJairzinho RozenstruikKO/TKOR1 · 2:12UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik2022-06-04
LTom AspinallSubmissionR1 · 3:45UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall2022-03-19
WMarcin TyburaDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira2021-10-30
LCiryl GaneDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Volkov2021-06-26
WAlistair OvereemKO/TKOR2 · 2:06UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov2021-02-06
WWalt HarrisKO/TKOR2 · 1:15UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje2020-10-24
LCurtis BlaydesDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Volkov2020-06-20
WGreg HardyDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Zabit vs. Kattar2019-11-09
LDerrick LewisKO/TKOR3 · 4:49UFC 229: Khabib vs. McGregor2018-10-06
WFabricio WerdumKO/TKOR4 · 1:38UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Volkov2018-03-17
WStefan StruveKO/TKOR3 · 3:30UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Struve2017-09-02
WRoy NelsonDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Reis2017-04-15
WTimothy JohnsonDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Mousasi vs. Hall 22016-11-19

How Volkov Ranks at Heavyweight

Percentile among the 166 heavyweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume5.0 sig. strikes/min
90th percentile
Striking accuracy57%
81st percentile
Strikes absorbed3.0/min
53rd percentile
Takedowns0.6/fight
56th percentile
Takedown defense69%
54th percentile
Knockdown power0.22/fight
60th percentile

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