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Alexander Volkov vs Rizvan Kuniev
Alexander Volkov def. Rizvan Kuniev · Decision - Unanimous · Round 3, 5:00
Orthodox · Gorets
Kuniev’s profileTale of the tape
How they win
Volkov
40 wins on file
- KO/TKO
- 24
- Submission
- 4
- Decision
- 12
Kuniev
14 wins on file
- KO/TKO
- 7
- Submission
- 2
- Decision
- 5
How these figures are measured
- Sig. strikes landed per minute
- Significant strikes landed, divided by minutes fought. Career figure.
- Strike accuracy, all strikes
- Every strike landed as a share of every strike thrown, significant or not, over the career. ESPN's own figure. It is not significant-strike accuracy, which runs lower.
- Takedowns per 15 minutes
- Takedowns landed for every 15 minutes fought, the length of a three-round bout. Career figure.
- Takedown accuracy
- Takedowns landed as a share of those attempted. Career figure.
- Submission attempts per 15 minutes
- Submission attempts for every 15 minutes fought. Career figure.
- Finish rate
- Share of the wins on file that ended by knockout, technical knockout or submission.
- Days since last fight
- From the last bout on file to the date of this one.
Records, measurements and career averages are reported by ESPN. The UFC record, last fight, finish rate and win methods are counted by Statwell from the bouts on file for each fighter, which can be fewer than the full professional record. No striking or grappling averages are available for both fighters yet.
Matchup snapshot
Volkov
19 measured UFC bouts, 246.1 minutes
Kuniev
3 measured UFC bouts, 41.2 minutes
- 5.081250 landed of 2168 thrown (58%)
- Significant strikes landedper minute
- 3.74154 landed of 321 thrown (48%)
- 3.06opponents landed 752 of 1650
- Significant strikes absorbedper minute
- 2.60opponents landed 107 of 205
- 63%10 of 16 attempts
- Takedowns completedof those attempted
- None tried
- 69%conceded 30 of 98 faced
- Takedowns defendedof those faced
- 92%conceded 2 of 25 faced
- 4scored, 2 suffered
- Knockdownsscored and suffered
- 1scored, 0 suffered
About these statistics
Counted by Statwell from ESPN’s per-bout figures over each fighter’s measured UFC bouts. Small samples move quickly: read each figure with the number of bouts behind it. Nothing here is adjusted for the level of past opponents.
Recent form
Alexander Volkov
4-1 in last 5- W
vs Waldo Cortes Acosta
Decision - Unanimous · R3 · 5:00
· UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland
Sig. strikes 88 of 143 · Takedowns 0 of 1
- W
vs Jailton Almeida
Decision - Split · R3 · 5:00
· UFC 321: Aspinall vs. Gane
Sig. strikes 24 of 27
- L
vs Ciryl Gane
Decision - Split · R3 · 5:00
· UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura
Sig. strikes 39 of 71 · Takedowns 3 of 4
- W
vs Sergei Pavlovich
Decision - Unanimous · R3 · 5:00
· UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov
Sig. strikes 83 of 159
- W
vs Tai Tuivasa
Submission · R2 · 4:37
· UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland
Sig. strikes 93 of 143 · Takedowns 0 of 1 · 1 knockdown
Rizvan Kuniev
2-1 in last 3- W
vs Tyrell Fortune
KO/TKO · R3 · 1:12
· UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Guskov
Sig. strikes 66 of 120 · 1 knockdown
- W
vs Jailton Almeida
Decision - Unanimous · R3 · 5:00
· UFC Fight Night: Bautista vs. Oliveira
Sig. strikes 43 of 93
- L
vs Curtis Blaydes
Decision - Split · R3 · 5:00
· UFC Fight Night: Hill vs. Rountree Jr.
Sig. strikes 45 of 108
Statwell Intel
The full analysis is published.
Two heavyweights who win the strike count. Alexander Volkov works at the end of an 80-inch reach; Rizvan Kuniev mixes work at distance with the clinch. One opponent took Volkov down seven times and Kuniev not once.
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