Alexander Volkov
19 UFC Fights | 74% Win Rate | 7 Finishes (50%)
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.
- Win vs Waldo Cortes Acosta · Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 · UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland · May 2026
- Win vs Jailton Almeida · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 321: Aspinall vs. Gane · Oct 2025
- Loss vs Ciryl Gane · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura · Dec 2024
- Win vs Sergei Pavlovich · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov · Jun 2024
- Win vs Tai Tuivasa · Submission · R2 4:37 · UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland · Sep 2023
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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.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Waldo Cortes Acosta | Decision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland | 2026-05-09 |
| W | Jailton Almeida | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 321: Aspinall vs. Gane | 2025-10-25 |
| L | Ciryl Gane | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura | 2024-12-07 |
| W | Sergei Pavlovich | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov | 2024-06-22 |
| W | Tai Tuivasa | Submission | R2 · 4:37 | UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland | 2023-09-09 |
| W | Alexandr Romanov | KO/TKO | R1 · 2:16 | UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Dvalishvili | 2023-03-11 |
| W | Jairzinho Rozenstruik | KO/TKO | R1 · 2:12 | UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik | 2022-06-04 |
| L | Tom Aspinall | Submission | R1 · 3:45 | UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall | 2022-03-19 |
| W | Marcin Tybura | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira | 2021-10-30 |
| L | Ciryl Gane | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Volkov | 2021-06-26 |
| W | Alistair Overeem | KO/TKO | R2 · 2:06 | UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov | 2021-02-06 |
| W | Walt Harris | KO/TKO | R2 · 1:15 | UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje | 2020-10-24 |
| L | Curtis Blaydes | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Volkov | 2020-06-20 |
| W | Greg Hardy | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Zabit vs. Kattar | 2019-11-09 |
| L | Derrick Lewis | KO/TKO | R3 · 4:49 | UFC 229: Khabib vs. McGregor | 2018-10-06 |
| W | Fabricio Werdum | KO/TKO | R4 · 1:38 | UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Volkov | 2018-03-17 |
| W | Stefan Struve | KO/TKO | R3 · 3:30 | UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Struve | 2017-09-02 |
| W | Roy Nelson | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Reis | 2017-04-15 |
| W | Timothy Johnson | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Mousasi vs. Hall 2 | 2016-11-19 |
How Volkov Ranks at Heavyweight
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