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Alexander Volkov vs. Derrick Lewis

UFC 15-5-0 vs. 20-12-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
15-5-0
UFC record
20-12-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
38
AgeΔ 3 yrs
41
6'7"
HeightΔ 4"
6'3"
80"
ReachΔ 1"
79"
Orthodox10-5 vs orthodox fighters
Stance
Orthodox18-8 vs orthodox fighters
0.4
Layoff (months)Δ 4.3 mo
4.7
WWWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Derrick Lewis carries real power — 0.58 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Heavyweight norm.
Alexander Volkov outworks the Heavyweight division — 5.07 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.28 norm.
Derrick Lewis rarely shoots — 0.53 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.90 Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Alexander Volkov

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 218
Tier 3 — regional circuit 193

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.34 · 21 tier-1/2 wins · 28 finish wins over 51 documented bouts

In the UFC: 13-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.2 wins over .500

Derrick Lewis

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 2012
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 40
Tier 3 — regional circuit 51

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.3 · 24 tier-1/2 wins · 25 finish wins over 43 documented bouts

In the UFC: 14-12 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

13245.07/min · norm 3.28
Sig. strikes landed
6822.41/min · norm 3.28
8033.08/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
7912.79/min · norm 3.19
57.1%norm 47.5%
Striking accuracy
48.9%norm 47.5%
53.8%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
38.7%norm 52.5%
40.23/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
110.58/15 · norm 0.29

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Alexander Volkov

Distance 88.4% (norm 79.2%) · Clinch 6.8% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 4.8% (norm 9.3%)

Derrick Lewis

Distance 57.5% (norm 79.2%) · Clinch 13.2% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 29.3% (norm 9.3%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Alexander Volkov

Head 70.5% (norm 79.2%) · Body 16.2% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 13.3% (norm 7.6%)

Derrick Lewis

Head 85.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 11.8% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 3.0% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Volkov L/AAccHeavyweight med Lewis L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1122 / 2049 54.8% 40.1% 272 / 802 33.9% 40.1%
In the clinch 112 / 158 70.9% 70.6% 126 / 184 68.5% 70.6%
On the ground 90 / 111 81.1% 70.2% 284 / 408 69.6% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 769 / 1634 47.1% 39.0% 538 / 1188 45.3% 39.0%
To the body 294 / 375 78.4% 77.0% 115 / 164 70.1% 77.0%
To the legs 261 / 309 84.5% 87.8% 29 / 42 69.0% 87.8%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Heavyweight: 93 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Volkov L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Lewis L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 642 / 1515 42.4% 40.7% 447 / 834 53.6% 40.7%
In the clinch 44 / 60 73.3% 70.6% 126 / 176 71.6% 70.6%
On the ground 117 / 162 72.2% 72.2% 218 / 281 77.6% 72.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 455 / 1265 36.0% 39.3% 509 / 940 54.1% 39.3%
To the body 160 / 240 66.7% 75.1% 153 / 205 74.6% 75.1%
To the legs 188 / 232 81.0% 84.4% 129 / 146 88.4% 84.4%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1062.5% acc · 0.57/15 · norm 0.90
Takedowns landed
1025.6% acc · 0.53/15 · norm 0.90
7270.6% def · norm 63.2%
Takedowns stopped
5551.9% def · norm 63.2%
24:559.5% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
30:4910.9% of cage time · norm 17.2%
56:133:13 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control lower is better
100:455:20 per 15 · norm 2:28
30.17/15 · norm 0.17
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.17

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Lewis has more cage time on record.