Alexander Volkanovski

🇦🇺 ︎

(1988-09-29)

Statistics

UFC Record: 15-3

By Method:

KO/TKO: 5-2
Submission: 0-0
Decision: 10-1

By Elo:

As Favorite: 12-2
As Underdog: 3-1

By Weight Class:

Featherweight: 13-1
Lightweight: 1-2

By Round:

Round 1: 0-1
Round 2: 3-1
Round 3: 5-0
Round 4: 1-0
Round 5: 6-1

By Type:

Main Event: 5-3
Title Fight: 8-3
Ranked Opponent: 11-3

UFC Roster Status: Active

Last 5: WLLWW

Elo: 3451 (#15)

Peak Elo: 3598 (2022-07-02) (#14)

Avg Opponent Elo: 3163 (#12)

Bonuses: 6 (5 FOTN, 1 Performance)

Avg Fight Time: 16m 49s

Total Fight Time: 5h 2m 59s (#47)

Avg Time Between Fights: 168 days

Avg Card Slot: 3 (#91)

Avg Age: 32.4 years

Avg Opp Age: 30.5 years

Current Rankings:

#4 Men's Pound-for-Pound

🏅 Featherweight Champion

Peak Rankings:

#9 Pound-for-Pound

#1 Men's Pound-for-Pound

🏅 Featherweight Champion

Elo Rating

UFC Rankings

Bout History

2026-02-01
UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2

Alexander Volkanovski (37)

🇦🇺 ︎

WLLWL • 14-3
UFC rank: Champ • Elo: 3391 (69%)
50

FEATHERWEIGHT Title Fight

⭐DEC⭐

R5
5:00
🤖

🇧🇷 ︎

🇲🇽 ︎

Diego Lopes (31)
6-2 • WWWLW
Elo: 3245 (31%) • UFC rank: #2
45

Qudos Bank Arena
Sydney
Australia🇦🇺 ︎

2025-04-12
UFC 314: Volkanovski vs. Lopes

Alexander Volkanovski (36)

🇦🇺 ︎

LLWLW • 13-3
UFC rank: #1 • Elo: 3313 (60%)
49

FEATHERWEIGHT Title Fight

⭐DEC⭐

R5
5:00
🤖

🇧🇷 ︎

🇲🇽 ︎

Diego Lopes (30)
5-1 • WWWWW
Elo: 3237 (40%) • UFC rank: #3
46

Kaseya Center
Miami, Florida
United States🇺🇸 ︎

2024-02-17
UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria

⭐ Ilia Topuria (27)

🇬🇪 ︎

🇪🇸 ︎

WWWWW • 6-0
UFC rank: #3 • Elo: 3277 (26%)

FEATHERWEIGHT Title Fight

KO
R2
3:32

🇦🇺 ︎

Alexander Volkanovski (35)
13-2 • LWLWW
Elo: 3461 (74%) • UFC rank: Champ

Honda Center
Anaheim, California
United States🇺🇸 ︎

2023-10-21
UFC 294: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski 2

⭐ Islam Makhachev (31)

🇷🇺 ︎

WWWWW • 13-1
UFC rank: Champ • Elo: 3639 (66%)

LIGHTWEIGHT Title Fight

KO
R1
3:06

🇦🇺 ︎

Alexander Volkanovski (35)
13-1 • WLWWW
Elo: 3531 (34%) • UFC rank: Champ

Etihad Arena
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates🇦🇪 ︎

2023-07-08
UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodríguez

Alexander Volkanovski (34)

🇦🇺 ︎

LWWWW • 12-1
UFC rank: Champ • Elo: 3475 (71%)

FEATHERWEIGHT Title Fight

TKO
R3
4:19

🇲🇽 ︎

Yair Rodriguez (30)
10-2 (1 NC) • NWLWW
Elo: 3311 (29%) • UFC rank: #1

T-Mobile Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸 ︎

2023-02-11
UFC 284: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski

Islam Makhachev (31)

🇷🇺 ︎

WWWWW • 12-1
UFC rank: Champ • Elo: 3516 (39%)
49

LIGHTWEIGHT Title Fight

⭐DEC⭐

R5
5:00
🤖

🇦🇺 ︎

Alexander Volkanovski (34)
12-0 • WWWWW
Elo: 3598 (61%) • UFC rank: Champ
46

RAC Arena
Perth
Australia🇦🇺 ︎

2022-07-02
UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier

Alexander Volkanovski (33)

🇦🇺 ︎

WWWWW • 11-0
UFC rank: Champ • Elo: 3534 (68%)

FEATHERWEIGHT Title Fight

DEC
R5
5:00

🇺🇸 ︎

Max Holloway (30)
19-6 • WLLWW
Elo: 3402 (32%) • UFC rank: #1

T-Mobile Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸 ︎

2022-04-09
UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie

⭐ Alexander Volkanovski (33)

🇦🇺 ︎

WWWWW • 10-0
UFC rank: Champ • Elo: 3513 (89%)

FEATHERWEIGHT Title Fight

TKO
R4
0:45

🇰🇷 ︎

Chan Sung Jung (35)
7-3 • LWWLW
Elo: 3140 (11%) • UFC rank: #4

VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena
Jacksonville, Florida
United States🇺🇸 ︎

2021-09-25
UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega

Alexander Volkanovski (32)

🇦🇺 ︎

WWWWW • 9-0
UFC rank: Champ • Elo: 3459 (72%)

FEATHERWEIGHT Title Fight

⭐DEC⭐

R5
5:00

🇲🇽 ︎

🇺🇸 ︎

Brian Ortega (30)
7-1 (1 NC) • WWWLW
Elo: 3290 (28%) • UFC rank: #2

T-Mobile Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸 ︎

2020-07-11
UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal

Alexander Volkanovski (31)

🇦🇺 ︎

WWWWW • 8-0
UFC rank: Champ • Elo: 3469 (72%)

FEATHERWEIGHT Title Fight

DEC
R5
5:00

🇺🇸 ︎

Max Holloway (28)
17-5 • WWLWL
Elo: 3304 (28%) • UFC rank: #1

du Forum
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates🇦🇪 ︎

2019-12-14
UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington

Alexander Volkanovski (31)

🇦🇺 ︎

WWWWW • 7-0
UFC rank: #1 • Elo: 3346 (38%)

FEATHERWEIGHT Title Fight

DEC
R5
5:00

🇺🇸 ︎

Max Holloway (28)
17-4 • WWWLW
Elo: 3426 (62%) • UFC rank: Champ

T-Mobile Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸 ︎

2019-05-11
UFC 237: Namajunas vs. Andrade

Alexander Volkanovski (30)

🇦🇺 ︎

WWWWW • 6-0
UFC rank: #4 • Elo: 3219 (36%)

FEATHERWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇧🇷 ︎

Jose Aldo (32)
10-3 • WLLWW
Elo: 3315 (64%) • UFC rank: #1

Jeunesse Arena
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil🇧🇷 ︎

2018-12-29
UFC 232: Jones vs. Gustafsson 2

Alexander Volkanovski (30)

🇦🇺 ︎

WWWWW • 5-0
UFC rank: #10 • Elo: 3123 (52%)

FEATHERWEIGHT

⭐TKO⭐

R2
4:14

🇺🇸 ︎

Chad Mendes (33)
9-4 • LWLLW
Elo: 3108 (48%) • UFC rank: #5

The Forum
Inglewood, California
United States🇺🇸 ︎

2018-07-14
UFC Fight Night: dos Santos vs. Ivanov

Alexander Volkanovski (29)

🇦🇺 ︎

WWWW • 4-0
Elo: 2999 (37%)

FEATHERWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇺🇸 ︎

Darren Elkins (34)
14-4 • WWWWW
Elo: 3086 (63%) • UFC rank: #10

CenturyLink Arena
Boise, Idaho
United States🇺🇸 ︎

2018-02-10
UFC 221: Romero vs. Rockhold

Alexander Volkanovski (29)

🇦🇺 ︎

WWW • 3-0
Elo: 2922 (61%)

FEATHERWEIGHT
TKO
R2
4:57

🇨🇦 ︎

Jeremy Kennedy (25)
3-0 • WWW
Elo: 2840 (39%)

Perth Arena
Perth
Australia🇦🇺 ︎

2017-11-18
UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Tybura

Alexander Volkanovski (29)

🇦🇺 ︎

WW • 2-0
Elo: 2892 (85%)

CATCHWEIGHT (150 LB)
DEC
R3
5:00

🇳🇿 ︎

Shane Young (24)
🔰 Debut
Elo: 2587 (15%)

Qudos Bank Arena
Sydney
Australia🇦🇺 ︎

2017-06-10
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Hunt

Alexander Volkanovski (28)

🇦🇺 ︎

W • 1-0
Elo: 2842 (74%)

FEATHERWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇯🇵 ︎

Mizuto Hirota (36)
1-2-1 • LLDW
Elo: 2652 (26%)

Spark Arena
Auckland
New Zealand🇳🇿 ︎

2016-11-26
UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Brunson

Alexander Volkanovski (28)

🇦🇺 ︎

Debut 🔰
Elo: 2802 (79%)

LIGHTWEIGHT
TKO
R2
2:06

🇯🇵 ︎

Yusuke Kasuya (27)
0-1 • L
Elo: 2562 (21%)

Rod Laver Arena
Melbourne
Australia🇦🇺 ︎