How many knockouts does Alexander Volkanovski have in his UFC career?

With his recent wins being via the way of decisions, people have forgotten that Alexander Volkanovski can indeed finish his opponents by KO.

How many knockouts does Alexander Volkanovski have in his UFC career?

Even with good striking, people think Alexander Volkanovski doesn't have many KO wins (Image Courtesy - illawarramercury)

Even though Alexander Volkanovski seems to have great striking skills, people seem to have concluded that he doesn’t because he doesn’t have many KO wins. Volkanovski is quite a successful fighter when it comes to winning them, but fans seem to think that he doesn’t have it in him to KO his opponents.

Volkanovski has a 22-fight win streak out of which he has won 12 times via knockout. So saying that he can’t finish his opponents via knockout is a lie. No fighter can have a winning streak this long and NOT have a KO. Let’s take a look at two of his most recent KOs.

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Alexander Volkanovski vs The Korean Zombie

Volkanovski knocked Chan Sung Jung out in the 4th round (Image Courtesy – ITNWWE)

At UFC 273, Alexander Volkanovski defended his title against Chan Sung Jung aka the Korean Zombie via knockout. He finished him in the fourth round of the fight. Volkanovski remained dominant the entire fight, controlling the pace according to him.

Alexander Volkanovski landed a total of 141 significant strikes in that match, not giving even an inch to the Korean Zombie. He continuously battered him the first 3 rounds, enough for Herb Dean to call the match at the start of the 4th round.

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Volkanovski remained dominant the entire match and defended his belt without having to let it go to the judges. He made sure that Chan Sung didn’t get to smell blood even once since he defended and attacked meticulously with every strike being thrown to knock him out.

Alexander Volkanovski vs. Chad Mendes

Volkanovski knocked Chad Mendes out in the 2nd round (Image Courtesy – MMAIndia)

It was still during his early stages in the UFC career when Volkanovski faced Chad Mendes. This fight, unlike the Korean Zombie fight, was a lot closer. At UFC 232, people saw a Volkanovski who could knock you out even if he was dragged down again and again.

This fight was a lot closer than one would like to hope. But Volkanovski made sure that this fight didn’t have judges’ involvement in it. Even though he got taken down a few times, he managed to defend them well and kept on striking Chad Mendes. Though he got rocked a few times by him, he managed to throw a hook and then the hammer fists that ended Mendes in the 2nd round of the fight.

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Volkanovski got taken down and rocked hard enough to hit the ground a few times, but recovered before the finishing blow could be landed. He managed to show his hunger to win the fight when he came back and hit his opponent harder to win the fight. So, the perception that he cannot win via KOs is a lie.

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