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UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Struve
Alexander Volkov
Alexander Volkov
28-6 · RUS
VS
Stefan Struve
Stefan Struve
28-8 · NLD
September 2, 2017 · Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Heavyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
251.0lb
Weigh-in
264.0lb
Alexander Volkov def. Stefan Struve by KO/TKO (Punch), R3 3:30
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Volkov38/632/200:55
Struve14/580/000:00
R2
Volkov56/1180/000:00
Struve11/630/000:00
R3 · 3:30
Volkov41/720/010:04
Struve16/410/000:00
Total
Volkov135/2532/210:59
Struve41/1620/000:00

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
VolkovWin probabilityStruve
80.6%19.4%
KO / TKO
74%
Submission
8%
Decision
18%
Expected fight time: 12.9 min
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Volkov, blue toward Struve. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Volkov81%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO62%77%
Submission4%4%
Decision15%19%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes93 (53121)act 135
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 2
Struve19%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%65%
Submission5%24%
Decision2%11%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (2456)act 41
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~136 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R124%
R223%
R318%
R410%
R57%
Distance18%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.6%
Volkov
81.2%-447
Struve
+44718.2%
Most takedownstie 69.7%
Volkov
24.2%-399
Struve
+3996.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Volkov
Expected: 93.1
93
Over 93
42.2%
+135
Exactly 93
0.7%
push
Under 93
57.1%
-135
0117233
Struve
Expected: 43.0
43
Over 43
41.8%
+136
Exactly 43
1.5%
push
Under 43
56.7%
-136
054108
Takedowns — over/under
Volkov
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
25.2%
+297
Under 0.5
74.8%
-297
035
Struve
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
7.5%
Exactly 0
92.5%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 12.9 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Volkov80.6%54.3%+26.3-130
Struve19.4%45.7%−26.3+110

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
81.4Striking63.3
Volkov +18.1
49.5Grappling71.4
Struve +21.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
VolkovStruve
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1590
Pound-for-pound
1609
1590
Divisional
1609
1506
Striking offense
1515
1530
Striking defense
1490
1498
Grappling offense
1517
1501
Grappling defense
1502
Physical
28 yrs
Age
29 yrs
6'7"
Height
6'11"
80"
Reach
84"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.57
Strikes landed / min
3.39
63%
Strike accuracy
50%
2.50
Strikes absorbed / min
3.49
53%
Strike defense
49%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.50
Takedowns / 15 min
0.74
50%
Takedown accuracy
67%
88%
Takedown defense
64%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.5
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
67%
+2
Win/loss streak
+2
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
0%
Finish rate
83%
Recent opp. quality
140
Days since last fight
329
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Alexander Volkov
  • WRoy NelsonU-DEC R3
    Close -1555mo before
  • WTimothy JohnsonS-DEC R3
    Close +1309mo before
Stefan Struve
  • WDaniel OmielanczukSUB R2
    Close -19011mo before
  • WAntonio SilvaKO/TKO R1
    Close -2251y 4mo before
  • LJared RosholtU-DEC R3
    Close -1601y 10mo before
  • WAntonio Rodrigo NogueiraU-DEC R3
    Close -1702y 1mo before
  • LAlistair OvereemKO/TKO R1
    Close +1852y 9mo before
Volkov — win / loss by method
Record: 28-6-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
18 wins, 1 loss
W
64% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 2 losses
W
11% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 3 losses
W
25% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
26win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
18 (69%)KO/TKO(17%) 1
3 (12%)Submission(33%) 2
5 (19%)Decision(50%) 3
Struve — win / loss by method
Record: 28-8-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
8 wins, 6 losses
W
29% of wins
L
75% of losses
Submission
17 wins, 1 loss
W
61% of wins
L
13% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
7% of wins
L
13% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
4% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
12win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (42%)KO/TKO(83%) 5
5 (42%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (17%)Decision(17%) 1
Non-UFC
16win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (19%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
12 (75%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
1 (6%)DQ / other(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Volkov
Struve
2
UFC fights
18
30.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
121.8 min · 6.8 avg
17y 3m
Career length
21y 4m
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

Volkov
Struve
31W–15L · 67.4%
Overall
264W–72L · 78.6%
31W–15L · 67.4%
Wins
176W–44L · 80.0%
0W–0L
Losses
88W–28L · 75.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Volkov
Struve
284W–89L · 76.1%
Overall
72W–63L · 53.3%
226W–68L · 76.9%
Wins
64W–58L · 52.5%
58W–21L · 73.4%
Losses
8W–5L · 61.5%
1 of Struve's non-UFC opponents have no record in our data, so this is understated. Refresh data to fill them in.
Distance striking
Volkov
Struve
9.28
Landed / min
5.38
60.4%
Accuracy
47.9%
65.8%
Defense
50.0%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.37
48.8%
Time at distance
50.4%
Grappling & control
Volkov
Struve
0.50
Takedowns / 15 min
0.74
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
66.7%
87.5%
Takedown defense
63.6%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.46
31.4%
Control share
30.4%
Strike target map
Volkov
  • Head67%(112)div 66%
  • Body23%(38)div 19%
  • Legs10%(17)div 15%
Struve
  • Head56%(233)div 66%
  • Body22%(89)div 19%
  • Legs22%(91)div 15%

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

Alexander Volkov
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

Stefan Struve
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.