Alexander Volkanovski

🇦🇺

(1988-09-29)

Statistics

UFC Record: 14-3

By Method:

KO/TKO: 5-2
Submission: 0-0
Decision: 9-1

By Elo:

As Favorite: 11-2
As Underdog: 3-1

By Weight Class:

Featherweight: 12-1
Lightweight: 1-2

By Round:

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

By Type:

Main Event: 4-3
Title Fight: 7-3
Ranked Opponent: 10-3

UFC Roster Status: Active

Last 5: L W L L W

Elo: 3384

Peak Elo: 3587 (2022-07-02)

Avg Opponent Elo: 3151 (#11)

Bonuses: 5 (4 FOTN, 1 Performance)

Avg Fight Time: 16m 21s

Total Fight Time: 4h 37m 59s

Avg Time Between Fights: 164 days

Avg Card Placement: 3.1

Current Rankings:

#5 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) 🇦🇺
W L L W L • 14-3
UFC rank: Champ • Elo: 3384

FEATHERWEIGHT Title Fight

🇧🇷 🇲🇽 Diego Lopes (31)
6-2 • W W W L W
Elo: 3240 • UFC rank: #2

Qudos Bank Arena
Sydney
Australia 🇦🇺

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

Alexander Volkanovski (36) 🇦🇺
L L W L W • 13-3
UFC rank: #1 • Elo: 3305
49

FEATHERWEIGHT Title Fight

⭐DEC⭐

R5
5:00
🤖

🇧🇷 🇲🇽 Diego Lopes (30)
5-1 • W W W W W
Elo: 3231 • UFC rank: #3
46

Kaseya Center
Miami, Florida
United States 🇺🇸

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

⭐ Ilia Topuria (27) 🇬🇪 🇪🇸
W W W W W • 6-0
UFC rank: #3 • Elo: 3273

FEATHERWEIGHT Title Fight

KO
R2
3:32

🇦🇺 Alexander Volkanovski (35)
13-2 • L W L W W
Elo: 3452 • UFC rank: Champ

Honda Center
Anaheim, California
United States 🇺🇸

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

⭐ Islam Makhachev (31) 🇷🇺
W W W W W • 13-1
UFC rank: Champ • Elo: 3633

LIGHTWEIGHT Title Fight

KO
R1
3:06

🇦🇺 Alexander Volkanovski (35)
13-1 • W L W W W
Elo: 3521 • UFC rank: Champ

Etihad Arena
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪

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

Alexander Volkanovski (34) 🇦🇺
L W W W W • 12-1
UFC rank: Champ • Elo: 3466

FEATHERWEIGHT Title Fight

TKO
R3
4:19

🇲🇽 Yair Rodriguez (30)
10-2 (1 NC) • N W L W W
Elo: 3297 • UFC rank: #1

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

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

Islam Makhachev (31) 🇷🇺
W W W W W • 12-1
UFC rank: Champ • Elo: 3512

LIGHTWEIGHT Title Fight

⭐DEC⭐

R5
5:00

🇦🇺 Alexander Volkanovski (34)
12-0 • W W W W W
Elo: 3587 • UFC rank: Champ

RAC Arena
Perth
Australia 🇦🇺

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

Alexander Volkanovski (33) 🇦🇺
W W W W W • 11-0
UFC rank: Champ • Elo: 3524

FEATHERWEIGHT Title Fight

DEC
R5
5:00

🇺🇸 Max Holloway (30)
19-6 • W L L W W
Elo: 3390 • UFC rank: #1

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

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

⭐ Alexander Volkanovski (33) 🇦🇺
W W W W W • 10-0
UFC rank: Champ • Elo: 3503

FEATHERWEIGHT Title Fight

TKO
R4
0:45

🇰🇷 Chan Sung Jung (35)
7-3 • L W W L W
Elo: 3129 • UFC rank: #4

VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena
Jacksonville, Florida
United States 🇺🇸

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

Alexander Volkanovski (32) 🇦🇺
W W W W W • 9-0
UFC rank: Champ • Elo: 3448

FEATHERWEIGHT Title Fight

⭐DEC⭐

R5
5:00

🇲🇽 🇺🇸 Brian Ortega (30)
7-1 (1 NC) • W W W L W
Elo: 3278 • UFC rank: #2

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

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

Alexander Volkanovski (31) 🇦🇺
W W W W W • 8-0
UFC rank: Champ • Elo: 3459

FEATHERWEIGHT Title Fight

DEC
R5
5:00

🇺🇸 Max Holloway (28)
17-5 • W W L W L
Elo: 3292 • UFC rank: #1

du Forum
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪

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

Alexander Volkanovski (31) 🇦🇺
W W W W W • 7-0
UFC rank: #1 • Elo: 3337

FEATHERWEIGHT Title Fight

DEC
R5
5:00

🇺🇸 Max Holloway (28)
17-4 • W W W L W
Elo: 3414 • UFC rank: Champ

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

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

Alexander Volkanovski (30) 🇦🇺
W W W W W • 6-0
UFC rank: #4 • Elo: 3210

FEATHERWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇧🇷 Jose Aldo (32)
10-3 • W L L W W
Elo: 3306 • UFC rank: #1

Jeunesse Arena
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil 🇧🇷

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

Alexander Volkanovski (30) 🇦🇺
W W W W W • 5-0
UFC rank: #10 • Elo: 3116

FEATHERWEIGHT

⭐TKO⭐

R2
4:14

🇺🇸 Chad Mendes (33)
9-4 • L W L L W
Elo: 3094 • UFC rank: #5

The Forum
Inglewood, California
United States 🇺🇸

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

Alexander Volkanovski (29) 🇦🇺
W W W W • 4-0
Elo: 2992

FEATHERWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇺🇸 Darren Elkins (34)
14-4 • W W W W W
Elo: 3077 • UFC rank: #10

CenturyLink Arena
Boise, Idaho
United States 🇺🇸

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

Alexander Volkanovski (29) 🇦🇺
W W W • 3-0
Elo: 2904

FEATHERWEIGHT
TKO
R2
4:57

🇨🇦 Jeremy Kennedy (25)
3-0 • W W W
Elo: 2862

Perth Arena
Perth
Australia 🇦🇺

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

Alexander Volkanovski (29) 🇦🇺
W W • 2-0
Elo: 2874

CATCHWEIGHT (150 LB)
DEC
R3
5:00

🇳🇿 Shane Young (24)
🔰 Debut
Elo: 2574

Qudos Bank Arena
Sydney
Australia 🇦🇺

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

Alexander Volkanovski (28) 🇦🇺
W • 1-0
Elo: 2842

FEATHERWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇯🇵 Mizuto Hirota (36)
1-2-1 • L L D W
Elo: 2558

Spark Arena
Auckland
New Zealand 🇳🇿

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

Alexander Volkanovski (28) 🇦🇺
Debut 🔰
Elo: 2802

LIGHTWEIGHT
TKO
R2
2:06

🇯🇵 Yusuke Kasuya (27)
0-1 • L
Elo: 2558

Rod Laver Arena
Melbourne
Australia 🇦🇺