Lewis vs Volkov

Who won Lewis vs Volkov?

Derrick Lewis beat Alexander Volkov by knockout in the 3rd round during the main card of UFC 229, on Saturday 6th October 2018 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Lewis vs Volkov stats

Derrick Lewis stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 17 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Alexander Volkov made his way to the cage with a record of 30 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 20 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

This was Derrick Lewis' 29th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2014. Alexander Volkov marked his 17th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2016.

Derrick Lewis' UFC record stood at 19-10-0, while Alexander Volkov's came in at 12-5-0.

The stats suggested Lewis had an advantage in power over Volkov, with a 85% knock out percentage over Volkov's 67%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Volkov had a slight advantage over Lewis, with a 10% submission rate over Lewis' 5%.

Derrick Lewis was the older man by 4 years, at 40 years old.

Volkov had a height advantage of 4 inches over Lewis. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Lewis was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 11 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 11 months later than Volkov, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 16 less professional rounds, 89 to Volkov's 105.

Lewis vs Volkov form

Lewis had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Blagoy Ivanov at UFC 244 on 2nd November 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Junior dos Santos at UFC on ESPN+ 4 on 9th March 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at INTRUST Bank Arena, Wichita.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Daniel Cormier at UFC 230 on 3rd November 2018 by submission in the 2nd round in their UFC Heavyweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Before that, he had beaten Alexander Volkov at UFC 229 on 6th October 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

He had defeated Francis NGannou at UFC 226 on 7th July 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Last Vegas.

Activity check

Lewis' last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 11 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Volkov's last 2 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 9 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 10 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.5 rounds on average.

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