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Alexander Volkov vs Rizvan Kuniev

Heavyweight · 3 rounds · Volkanovski vs Evloev
UFC 14-5 · Pro 40-11
Red corner
VS
UFC 2-1 · Pro 14-3-1
Blue corner

The prediction

Our pick, its confidence, the method read and the time we published it are on the bout’s own page — the one URL that carries the prediction before the fight and the graded result after it.

Alexander Volkov vs Rizvan Kuniev prediction →

Tale of the tape

Alexander Volkov vs Rizvan Kuniev — the facts, side by side. ▲ marks the reach edge.

UFC 14-5UFC recordUFC 2-1
40-11Pro record14-3-1
DragoNickname—
6' 7"Height6' 4"
80"▲Reach76"
OrthodoxStanceOrthodox
37Age34
250 lbs.Weight240 lbs.
RussiaNationalityRussia
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet UnionBorn inDagestan, Russia
Moscow, RussiaFights out ofMakhachkala, Russia
Strela TeamCampGorets Fight Club
Vitals and record from public UFC statistics; nickname, nationality and camp from the public fighter register. Where a fighter was born and where they fight out of come from their Wikipedia entry; where we hold neither, the hometown shown is Sherdog’s. The UFC record is counted from the official results themselves.

FightIQ Metrics

Our read — not official stats. Six 0–100 scores, each a percentile rank against the fighter’s own weight class (the full roster where a division is too thin to rank in). The better score on each row is highlighted in that fighter's corner colour.

Alexander VolkovRizvan Kuniev
84
Striking
79
68
Defence
65
33
Grappling / TD
54
37
Cardio
51
85
Chin
79 limited sample
61
Fight IQ
66
Our read — derived, not official stats. Ranked within weight class.

Strike zones

Strike zones

Where they go — head to head

Career UFC significant strikes by target zone. Red corner left, blue corner right.

Alexander Volkov19 UFC fights · 1,250 landed

58.7%
HEAD
74.7%
21.5%
BODY
22.7%
19.8%
LEGS
2.6%

Rizvan Kuniev3 UFC fights · 154 landed

Significant strikes only, as recorded by UFCStats, across the fighter's whole UFC career. Shares are raw counts — nothing here is modelled or smoothed. Accuracy is landed ÷ attempted and comes from the per-round tape, which covers slightly fewer fights than the totals do. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average.

Stat-by-stat

Alexander Volkov (left) vs Rizvan Kuniev (right) — career striking & grappling rates. The fighter ahead on each row is highlighted in their corner colour.

Strikes landed / min
4.84
vs
4.32
Striking accuracy
57%
vs
54%
Strikes absorbed / min
2.9
vs
2.22
Striking defence
54%
vs
49%
Takedowns / 15 min
0.54
vs
0.79
Takedown accuracy
62%
vs
75%
Takedown defence
68%
vs
93%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2
vs
0
Career averages from public UFC statistics. On “strikes absorbed / min”, fewer is better.

Live market

The market line next to the live prediction-market price — information only, not a bet call.

Sportsbook line
Alexander Volkov-115
Rizvan Kuniev-103
Live · Polymarket
Alexander Volkov54% · -115
Rizvan Kuniev46% · +115
as of 2026-10-20T10:51:02Z · $10,455 liquidity. The implied chance is the market's number, not ours.

Go deeper

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