Alexander Volkov might set a really spectacular report at UFC 310 this weekend.
Volkov is the No.3 ranked UFC heavyweight and competes in his forty ninth MMA bout in opposition to Ciryl Gane on Saturday.
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The 36-year-old is a part of a Las Vegas most important occasion card headlined by flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja, who defends his belt in opposition to UFC debutant Kai Asakura.
He’s recent off a unanimous choice victory over Sergei Pavlovich in June, whereas his French counterpart Gane completed Serghei Spivac in his final bout.
Gane fought Jon Jones in March 2023 at UFC 285 within the latter’s return to MMA, however was submitted within the very first spherical after solely two minutes.
Eire’s Ian Garry takes on Shavkat Rakhmonov in a high welterweight contender bout within the co-main at UFC 310, with the winner set to face Belal Muhammad for the title.
UFC 310’s prelims are simply as stacked, with two former Jones rivals in Dominick Reyes and Anthony Smith battling it out within the octagon.
In addition to this, former UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling faces Russia’s undefeated Movsar Evloev, whereas one other ex-title holder in Chris Weidman faces Eryk Anders.
The prelims characteristic so many thrilling bouts that former middleweight champion Michael Bisping, who’s now a UFC pundit, mentioned it might be the corporate’s ‘best-ever’ set of early bouts.
Volkov has solely misplaced one in all his final six fights within the UFC.
And that defeat got here to present interim champion Tom Aspinall, who’s hopeful of combating Jones for the heavyweight belt in his subsequent battle.
After his defeat to Aspinall, Volkov went on a four-fight win streak, and the Russian might higher this at UFC 310 to set a brand new heavyweight division report.
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Ought to the Russian native beat former heavyweight title challenger Gane this weekend, Volkov will maintain the longest successful streak within the UFC’s heavyweight division.
He’s presently tied with 28-year-old Mick Parkin, who emerged by way of Dana White’s Contender Collection and is 10-0, for the longest lively streak within the division.
Parkin completed Lukasz Brzeski in his final battle on the identical Manchester card that Muhammad beat Leon Edwards to win UFC gold for the primary time.
Footage emerged in Might of Volkov sparring with former World’s Strongest Man Eddie Corridor, who was venturing into MMA for the primary time in his profession.
After their coaching session, Corridor mentioned: “Thank f*** for that. Jesus! F*** me! I’m gassed.
“He simply smothered me. Did you see how he was simply leaning on me always, not permitting me to breathe?
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“It was nice. It’s like preserving that strain on me on a regular basis. At no level might I take a breath – he was simply on me on a regular basis.”
Volkov is among the UFC’s most skilled fighters, having made 48 walks to the octagon throughout his 15-year professional MMA profession.
38 of his victories have come by the use of knockout, and he has solely gone the space 10 occasions in his profession.
The Russian has already met Gane within the octagon earlier than.
They went toe-to-toe in a five-round most important occasion in June 2021 because the latter got here out victorious by unanimous choice.
Their bout at UFC 310 is the usual three-rounds, so it wouldn’t be surprising to foretell one in all these males to be knocked out.