Alexander Volkanovski does NOT have a 71" reach

[achoo42]

Regardless numbers, you can tell he has above average reach for the weight class and uses it very well. If not convinced, look at the Holloway fights. This was a big factor in him out striking Max with relative ease.

I don't see Volkanovski having a significant reach over Holloway in their fights. He's the better striker sure, but if anything their reach looks the same. Holloway has slightly longer arms but Volkanovski has a bigger back.

 

[HavokHarmon]

True his arms aren't all the way down but I can also argue that Lobov has the longer torso.

In any case neither of them have the same reach as Islam, who has normal arms for a 5'10 dude. I'm thinking Volkanovski's reach is around 65-67".

Reach is shoulders too, he’s pretty broad so it doesn’t seem that crazy to me tbh

 

[Diamondsareforever47]

Volkanovski is one of my favorite fighters and I want him to beat Islam. However, that does not change the fact that the dude does NOT have any kind of reach advantage over Islam.

UFC gets measurements wrong all the time. Just based on appearance alone its obvious that his arms aren't long, or really even normal—they're short. He has short arms. Check the other promotions he fought in, none of them have his reach at over 70 inches. AFC has his reach listed as 164 cm, which is 64.5 inches.

View attachment 967402

Still don't believe me? Compare Volkanovski's arms:

to those of Artem Lobov:

They both have short arms, period.

This has nothing to do with his fighting ability. If anything, it is more impressive that he ran through the FW division with T-Rex arms.

I was thinking the same thing I looked at his Wiki page and was shocked and thought no way does he have a long reach at that height!

 

[Diamondsareforever47]

Reach is shoulders too, he’s pretty broad so it doesn’t seem that crazy to me tbh

That is wingspan but the UFC says reach to mean Wingspan so you are right and could be right about his wingspan

 

[Noraaq]

Wingspan is a bad metric for combat sports in general. Arm-length (shoulder to knuckle) is far more better measurement to gauge which fighter has an advantage at distance

 

[Dr. Rose]

Does the UFC use self-reported numbers? When I fought amateur that is what they used.

 

[Nathan LaMontagne]

Reach include shoulders width so you could have a long reach and average arm length

Came into say this.

Lobov has tiny little baby shoulders. Like abnormally small

I have broad shoulders but my arms themselves are a little short for my height (6'2, 74") I've trained with people like 7 inches shorter than me and we've had equal reach.

I still think they need to start doing reach from the bottom of the arm pit to the tip of the fingers.

Leg reach would also be interesting

 

[Karelinator]

I still think they need to start doing reach from the bottom of the arm pit to the tip of the fingers.

Dunno why, if their fingers are supposed to be tucked in, generally, pokes are no go.

Arm pit to closed fist would be better.

And yeah, it Volk's stats are probably pretty useless.

Eye tests obviously aren't the best, there's posture and shoes, but there's still no way in hell there's only 4 inches of height difference there.

 

[HuskySamoan]

Dunno why, if their fingers are supposed to be tucked in, generally, pokes are no go.

Arm pit to closed fist would be better.

And yeah, it Volk's stats are probably pretty useless.

Eye tests obviously aren't the best, there's posture and shoes, but there's still no way in hell there's only 4 inches of height difference there.

Islam's a tall 5'10, like a true 5'10-5'11, Volk always looked a littler shorter to me than 5'6 but here's comparisons of him next to 5'7 Aldo and 5'7 Mizuto Hirota. Also guys, that reach statistic from the regional promotion is wrong, it claims his wingspan is 64in? Not a chance its that short. But if Aldo has a 70in reach, I struggle to see Volks being a a legit 71...

And Chad Mendes is supposed to be 5'6 as well but Volk was a smidge taller. (Also Volks arms are visibly longer than Mendes's)

 

[Nathan LaMontagne]

Dunno why, if their fingers are supposed to be tucked in, generally, pokes are no go.

Arm pit to closed fist would be better.

And yeah, it Volk's stats are probably pretty useless.

Eye tests obviously aren't the best, there's posture and shoes, but there's still no way in hell there's only 4 inches of height difference there.

Oh I agree. I'm just more just stating fingertips because it's an offshoot from what's currently done with full wing span.

 

[TriangleMonkey]

Volk is smaller than Joe Rogan for crying out loud

 

[achoo42]

Islam's a tall 5'10, like a true 5'10-5'11, Volk always looked a littler shorter to me than 5'6 but here's comparisons of him next to 5'7 Aldo and 5'7 Mizuto Hirota. Also guys, that reach statistic from the regional promotion is wrong, it claims his wingspan is 64in? Not a chance its that short. But if Aldo has a 70in reach, I struggle to see Volks being a a legit 71...

And Chad Mendes is supposed to be 5'6 as well but Volk was a smidge taller. (Also Volks arms are visibly longer than Mendes's)

I agree that Volk's arms are longer than Chad's but they look to be quite similar to me. I think Volk's reach is somewhere around 67-69 inches. Probably not 64.5" and definitely not 71".

 

[Guffman]

The UFC can not be trusted with measurements of any kind. In fact, they can't be trusted with much of anything.

 

[GrantB13]

Has it been confirmed that the UFC doesn't actually do the measurements and the teams/fighter tell them their stats? Regardless, it's either misrepresentation on someone's part or total ineptitude.

 

[Dr. Rose]

Islam's a tall 5'10, like a true 5'10-5'11, Volk always looked a littler shorter to me than 5'6 but here's comparisons of him next to 5'7 Aldo and 5'7 Mizuto Hirota. Also guys, that reach statistic from the regional promotion is wrong, it claims his wingspan is 64in? Not a chance its that short. But if Aldo has a 70in reach, I struggle to see Volks being a a legit 71...

And Chad Mendes is supposed to be 5'6 as well but Volk was a smidge taller. (Also Volks arms are visibly longer than Mendes's)

I have met Mendes and I have at least 2 inches on him. I am only 5'7". Heck Faber seemed taller than him, but he has the hair and stands more upright without the dowager hump.

 

[ferrisjso]

The point of that stat isn't that Volk has a reach advantage over Islam. It's that the size gap between Islam and Volk isn't any more insurmountable than it was with Max and that this shouldn't be a reason to doubt Volk.

No one's looking at Volks recorded half an inch reach advantage and acting like it's a game changer. If Islam has half an inch reach advantage the principle is the same.

 

[HuskySamoan]

I have met Mendes and I have at least 2 inches on him. I am only 5'7". Heck Faber seemed taller than him, but he has the hair and stands more upright without the dowager hump.

Well if Mendes is 5'5 and Aldo and Hiruta are 5'7, I feel like it's safe to say Volk is 5'6. Also these pictures were where neither guy was wearing shoes which can fluctuate things by fractions of inches very often. Dowagers hump is terrifying, all the fucking fiddling on the phone and working at a desk on a computer has to be wrecking us.

 

[Clark Rogers]

Came into say this.

Lobov has tiny little baby shoulders. Like abnormally small

I have broad shoulders but my arms themselves are a little short for my height (6'2, 74") I've trained with people like 7 inches shorter than me and we've had equal reach.

I still think they need to start doing reach from the bottom of the arm pit to the tip of the fingers.

Leg reach would also be interesting

Funny how that works.

I'm a legit 6'5", but I have the exact same inseam as my 5'10" dad. Granted, I wear things a little lower than him, but not that much. My height is literally all waist up. My leg reach would be pretty pitiful lol

 

[Anewt]

I could see ufc fudging the numbers to try and sway the betting line or something. Dudes coming up in weight and smaller in every regard vs a huge LW I doubt anyone's putting money on Volk.

That's just a conspiracy theory but don't act like Shane carwin and other fighters didn't cut height according to UFC's shitty metrics lol

Whaaat? I'll be betting on volk

 

[Snoowpy]

Wingspan is a bad metric for combat sports in general. Arm-length (shoulder to knuckle) is far more better measurement to gauge which fighter has an advantage at distance

Depends, I'm build the same as Alexander but with 5'10-5'11 height. I have around 75-76 inch reach. Broad shoulders, big back. However I fight a bit more bladed naturally. And I can supplement my arms by extending my shoulders and back and jabbing bladed. Same goes for the cross.

Don't have as tall legs unfortunately haha.

You are right that pure arm length however is more useful most of the time. But my jab is long as fuck and I know how to maximise my range.