By the Numbers: UFC Fight Night 127

There may have been something of a changing of the guard at UFC Fight Night 127 in London.

Alexander Volkov dispatched one of the heavyweight division’s longstanding mainstays at the O2 Arena on Saturday, as he defeated former champion Fabricio Werdum via technical knockout 1:38 into round four. While Volkov is just 29 years old, making him a relatively fresh face in the weight class, the ex-Bellator titlist has 36 fights and nine years on his resume. Now could be the time for the Russian known as “Drago” to make a serious move toward heavyweight gold.

Here is a by-the-numbers look at UFC Fight Night 127, with statistics courtesy of FightMetric.com.

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