Fighter

Alexander Volkov

"Drago"

40-11-0#2Heavyweight★ 3bonuses Russia

RussiaLast 5

Grappling 1-0

40-11-0 · 27 finishes · Full stats →

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vs Rizvan Kuniev

UFCUFC 333: Volkanovski vs Evloev·Saturday, October 24, 2026

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Alexander Volkov holds a professional MMA record of 40-11-0. Alexander Volkov has won 40 fights: 24 by KO/TKO, 3 by submission, 13 by decision. Of 11 career losses, 2 came by KO/TKO and 1 by submission. In the UFC, Alexander Volkov lands 5.08 significant strikes per minute with 58% accuracy and averages 0.61 takedowns per 15 minutes. Alexander Volkov also has 1 recorded Grappling bout. Most recent fight: May 9, 2026. Tracked organizations: UFC, BELLATOR.

Profile

Height: 6'7"201 cm
Weight: 250 lbs113 kg
Reach: 80"203 cm
Stance: Orthodox
DOB: 1988-10-24
Age: 37
Nationality: Russia
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia

Background

Credentials, amateur pedigree and camp

BaseKarateKickboxingBoxingHand-to-Hand CombatBJJ

2016M-1 Challenge Heavyweight Championship · M-1 Global
2014Champion · Bellator Heavyweight Tournament · heavyweight
2012Bellator Heavyweight World Championship · Bellator MMA
2012Champion · Bellator Heavyweight Tournament · heavyweight
2009Runner-up · M 1 Russian Team Championship
Champion · Moscow Championships
Champion · Moscow Championships
Runner-up · M 1 Eastern European Tournament · heavyweight
Black belt · Karate
Brown belt · Karate
Black belt · BJJ
Black belt · Other
Bauman Moscow State Technical University · -2011
AGE 6Started in Sambo
Started in Karate

Camp

Strela Team · Moscow, Russia

Coaches

Taras Kiyashko · Head coach

Fight DNA

Complete Fighter

UFCalendar's style model · Heavyweight roster (14 fighters)

Punch power95

Kick power95

Punch speed94

Kick speed95

Accuracy95

Takedowns88

Ground striking92

Submissions88

Chin94

Body strength90

Cardio93

Attributes are rated 0-100 by UFCalendar's style model.

By the numbers

Pro MMARecord: 40-11-0 · Source: UFCalendar

Striking

Strikes landed5.08per min

58% accuracy

Strikes absorbed3.06per min

54% avoided

Grappling

Takedowns landed0.61per 15 min

63% success

Takedowns stuffed69%

Submission attempts0.1per 15 min

UFC careerRecord: 14-5-0 · Source: UFCStats.com

Striking

Strikes landed5.08per min

58% accuracy

Strikes absorbed3.06per min

54% avoided

Grappling

Takedowns landed0.61per 15 min

63% success

Takedowns stuffed69%

Submission attempts0.1per 15 min

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Where they rank

All-time boards where Alexander Volkov sits in the top 25.

All MMA

UFC

Bonus résumé

Alexander Volkov has won 3 UFC post-fight bonuses. Estimated bonus earnings: $150,000.

★ FOTN ×1★ POTN ×2

Estimates use each era's real amount: $50,000 from 2012, $100,000 from UFC 324, plus $25,000 finish incentives.

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Heavyweight top 5

Recent & upcoming opponents

Salary & career earnings

Disclosed purses, reported paydays and what we estimate Alexander Volkov earns per fight.

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UFCUFC 333: Volkanovski vs EvloevOct 24, 2026
vs Rizvan KunievHeavyweight

Career history

WIN
vs Waldo Cortes Acosta
UFCUFC 328: Chimaev vs Strickland· May 9, 2026· Heavyweight· 40-11 vs 17-3
UD
R3 · 5:00
WIN
vs Jailton Almeida
UFCUFC 321: Aspinall vs Gane· Oct 25, 2025· Heavyweight· 39-11 vs 22-4
SD
R3 · 5:00
LOSS
vs Ciryl Gane
UFCUFC 310: Pantoja vs Asakura· Dec 7, 2024· Heavyweight· 38-11 vs 13-2
SD
R3 · 5:00
WIN
vs Sergei Pavlovich
UFCUFC Saudi Arabia· Jun 22, 2024· Heavyweight· 38-10 vs 18-3
UD
R3 · 5:00
WIN
vs Tai Tuivasa
UFCUFC 293: Adesanya vs Strickland· Sep 10, 2023· Heavyweight· 37-10 vs 14-6
SUB
R2 · 4:37
WIN
vs Alexander Romanov
UFCUFC Fight Night: Yan vs Dvalishvili· Mar 11, 2023· Heavyweight· 36-10 vs 16-2
TKO
R1 · 2:16
WIN
vs Jairzinho Rozenstruik
UFCUFC Fight Night: Volkov vs Rozenstruik· Jun 4, 2022· Heavyweight· 35-10 vs 12-4
TKO
R1 · 2:12
LOSS
vs Tom Aspinall
UFCUFC Fight Night: Volkov vs Aspinall· Mar 19, 2022· Heavyweight· 34-10 vs 12-2
SUB
R1 · 3:45
WIN
vs Marcin Tybura
UFCUFC 267: Blachowicz vs Teixeira· Oct 30, 2021· Heavyweight· 34-9 vs 22-7
UD
R3 · 5:00
LOSS
vs Ciryl Gane
UFCUFC Fight Night: Gane vs Volkov· Jun 26, 2021· Heavyweight· 33-9 vs 9-0
UD
R5 · 5:00
WIN
vs Alistair Overeem
UFCUFC Fight Night: Overeem vs Volkov· Feb 6, 2021· Heavyweight· 33-8 vs 47-19
TKO
R2 · 2:06
POTN
WIN
vs Walt Harris
UFCUFC 254: Khabib vs Gaethje· Oct 24, 2020· Heavyweight· 32-8 vs 13-9
TKO
R2 · 1:15
LOSS
vs Curtis Blaydes
UFCUFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs Volkov· Jun 20, 2020· Heavyweight· 31-8 vs 14-2
UD
R5 · 5:00
WIN
vs Greg Hardy
UFCUFC Fight Night: Magomedsharipov vs Kattar· Nov 9, 2019· Heavyweight· 31-7 vs 5-2
UD
R3 · 5:00
LOSS
vs Derrick Lewis
UFCUFC 229: Khabib vs McGregor· Oct 6, 2018· Heavyweight· 30-7 vs 21-5
TKO
R3 · 4:49
WIN
vs Fabricio Werdum
UFCUFC Fight Night: Werdum vs Volkov· Mar 17, 2018· Heavyweight· 30-6 vs 23-8-1
TKO
R4 · 1:38
POTN
WIN
vs Stefan Struve
UFCUFC Fight Night: Volkov vs Struve· Sep 2, 2017· Heavyweight· 29-6 vs 28-9
TKO
R3 · 3:30
FOTN
WIN
vs Roy Nelson
UFCUFC Fight Night: Johnson vs Reis· Apr 15, 2017· Heavyweight· 28-6 vs 22-14
UD
R3 · 5:00
WIN
vs Timothy Johnson
UFCUFC Fight Night: Mousasi vs Hall 2· Nov 19, 2016· Heavyweight· 27-6 vs 10-3
SD
R3 · 5:00
WIN
vs Attila Végh×1Title bout · Title win #1
M-1 Challenge 68· Jun 16, 2016· Heavyweight· 26-6 vs 29-7-2
TKO
R1 · 2:38
WIN
vs Denis Smoldarev
M-1 Challenge 64· Feb 19, 2016· Heavyweight· 25-6 vs 11-2
SUB
R3 · 0:43
LOSS
vs Cheick Kongo
BellatorBellator 139: Kongo vs. Volkov· Jun 26, 2015· Heavyweight· 24-6 vs 23-10-2
UD
R3 · 5:00
LOSS
vs Tony Johnson Jr.
BellatorBellator 136: Brooks vs. Jansen· Apr 10, 2015· Heavyweight· 24-5 vs 9-2
SD
R3 · 5:00
WIN
vs Alexei Kudin
Union MMA Pro 2015· Feb 21, 2015· Heavyweight· 24-4 vs 19-9
UD
WIN
vs Roy Boughton
Tech-KREP FC· Dec 12, 2014· Heavyweight· 23-4 vs 10-5
TKO
R1 · 0:40
WIN
vs Blagoy Ivanov
BellatorBellator MMA: Bellator 120· May 16, 2014· Heavyweight· 22-4 vs 11-1
SUB
R2 · 1:08
WIN
vs Siala Siliga
BellatorBellator MMA: Bellator 116· Apr 10, 2014· Heavyweight· 21-4 vs 6-3
KO
R1 · 2:44
WIN
vs Mark Holata
BellatorBellator MMA: Bellator 111· Mar 6, 2014· Heavyweight· 20-4 vs 12-5
TKO
R1 · 1:21
LOSS
vs Vitaly MinakovTitle bout
BellatorBellator MMA: Bellator 108· Nov 15, 2013· Heavyweight· 19-4 vs 13-0
TKO
R1 · 2:57
WIN
vs Richard Hale×1Title bout · Title win #1
BellatorBFC: Bellator Fighting Championships 84· Dec 14, 2012· Heavyweight· 19-3 vs 21-5-1
UD
R5 · 5:00
WIN
vs Vinicius Queiroz
BellatorBFC: Bellator Fighting Championships 80· Nov 9, 2012· Heavyweight· 18-3 vs 6-3
TKO
R2 · 4:59
WIN
vs Brett Rogers
BellatorBFC: Bellator Fighting Championships 75· Oct 5, 2012· Heavyweight· 17-3 vs 12-5
UD
R3 · 5:00
WIN
vs Stefan Stanković
MFP: Mayor Cup 2012· May 26, 2012· Heavyweight· 16-3 vs 1-4
TKO
R1 · 4:27
WIN
vs Ricco Rodriguez
Baltic Fights· Feb 23, 2012· Heavyweight· 15-3 vs 48-16
UD
WIN
vs Arsen Abdulkerimov
M-1 Global: Battle Of The Legends· Nov 20, 2011· Heavyweight· 14-3 vs 6-2
TKO
R1 · 0:26
WIN
vs Bakhodir Ibragimov
Corona Cup 1· Oct 7, 2011· Heavyweight· 13-3 vs 3-1
TKO
R2 · 2:22
WIN
vs Nedyalko Karadjov
S-70: Plotforma Cup 2011· Aug 5, 2011· 12-3 vs 4-1
TKO
WIN
vs Denis Goltsov
M-1 Challenge 25· Apr 28, 2011· Heavyweight· 11-3 vs 3-3
TKO
R2 · 3:05
WIN
vs Ruslan Chapko
Voronezh Interregional 2011· Jan 13, 2011· Heavyweight· 10-3 vs 0-3
TKO
LOSS
vs Pat Bennett
M-1 Challenge 22· Dec 10, 2010· Heavyweight· 9-3 vs 4-2
UD
WIN
vs Evgeny Babich
Lipetsk Mixfight Cup 4· Sep 17, 2010· Heavyweight· 9-2 vs 1-3
TKO
R1 · 2:10
WIN
vs Eldar Yagudin
Field Of Arms· Aug 6, 2010· Heavyweight· 8-2 vs 0-1
TKO
R1 · 4:34
LOSS
vs Maxim Grishin
M-1· Jul 22, 2010· Heavyweight· 7-2 vs 7-4
-
R1 · 2:39
WIN
vs Alexander Romaschenko
M-1· May 28, 2010· Heavyweight· 7-1 vs 2-2
-
R1 · 2:59
WIN
vs Vitaly Yalovenko
M-1· Apr 10, 2010· Heavyweight· 6-1 vs 0-2
TKO
R2 · 1:05
WIN
vs Ibragim Magomedov
M-1 Challenge 20· Dec 3, 2009· Heavyweight· 5-1 vs 22-8-1
UD
WIN
vs Smbat Zakaryan
ProFC 10: Union Nation Cup (Stage 3)· Oct 30, 2009· Heavyweight· 4-1 vs 0-1
TKO
R1 · 4:20
WIN
vs Abdulkhalik Magomedov
M-1: Russian Selection 2009 (Stage 8)· Oct 4, 2009· Heavyweight· 3-1 vs 0-2
TKO
R1 · 4:43
LOSS
vs Akhmed Sultanov
M-1: Russian Selection 2009 (Stage 4)· Jun 23, 2009· Heavyweight· 2-1 vs 8-3
-
R1 · 2:50
WIN
vs Adam Alikhanov
M-1: Russian Selection 2009 (Stage 3)· May 28, 2009· Heavyweight· 2-0 vs 0-1
TKO
R1 · 0:20
WIN
vs Nikolai Pleshakov
M-1: Russian Selection 2009 (Stage 2)· Apr 19, 2009· Heavyweight· 1-0 vs 0-1
TKO
R1 · 1:20

Official UFC Ranking

Alexander Volkov's standing in the official UFC rankings, tracked since 2013.

Current: #2 Heavyweight
Meta rank: #4 Heavyweight
Peak: #2 Heavyweight
First ranked: Nov 21, 2016
Times ranked: 400

Heavyweight

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UFCalendar Power Index rating

Current: 1917▲12
Peak: 1917May 9, 2026
Rated fights: 51

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Frequently asked questions

When does Alexander Volkov fight next?

Alexander Volkov fights Rizvan Kuniev on Saturday, October 24, 2026 at UFC 333: Volkanovski vs Evloev.

What is Alexander Volkov's record?

Alexander Volkov's professional MMA record is 40-11-0.

Who is Alexander Volkov fighting next?

Alexander Volkov's next opponent is Rizvan Kuniev at UFC 333: Volkanovski vs Evloev.

Who did Alexander Volkov fight last?

Alexander Volkov most recently fought Waldo Cortes Acosta at UFC 328: Chimaev vs Strickland on Saturday, May 9, 2026, WIN (Unanimous Decision).

What weight class does Alexander Volkov fight in?

Alexander Volkov fights at Heavyweight.

Is Alexander Volkov ranked in the UFC?

Alexander Volkov is currently ranked #2 in the UFC Heavyweight division.

How many knockouts does Alexander Volkov have?

Alexander Volkov has 24 wins by KO/TKO and 3 wins by submission.

How many UFC bonuses has Alexander Volkov won?

Alexander Volkov has won 3 UFC post-fight bonuses: 1× Fight of the Night, 2× Performance of the Night.

How tall is Alexander Volkov?

Alexander Volkov is 6'7" (201 cm) tall.

How much does Alexander Volkov weigh?

Alexander Volkov weighs 250 lbs (113 kg).

What is Alexander Volkov's reach?

Alexander Volkov has a reach of 80" (203 cm).

How old is Alexander Volkov?

Alexander Volkov is 37 years old (born Oct 24, 1988).

Where is Alexander Volkov from?

Alexander Volkov is from Russia.

CAREER SUMMARY