UFC Featherweight Title Bout

Alexander Volkanovski

“The Great”

Record: 15-3-0
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 5' 6"
Reach: 71"
Weight: 145 lbs.
Born: Sep 29, 1988

UFCStats profile

Career snapshot

Fights: 18
Minutes: 303.0
Knockdowns: 6
Sig. accuracy: 57.1%
Sig. landed / 15: —
Absorbed / 15: —
TD accuracy: 34.0%
TD defense: —
Sub attempts: 4
Control / 15: 2:58

Striking

Offense

Landed / attempted1815/3178

Accuracy57.1%

Landed per 15—

Target

Head65.0%
Body10.4%
Leg24.6%

Position

Distance76.4%
Clinch8.5%
Ground15.1%

Defense

Absorbed / faced—

Strike defense—

Absorbed per 15—

Target absorbed

Head60.2%
Body24.1%
Leg15.7%

Position absorbed

Distance88.0%
Clinch9.5%
Ground2.5%

Grappling

For

Takedowns33/97

TD accuracy34.0%

TD per 151.6

Sub attempts4

Subs per 150.2

Reversals3

Control59:50

Control per 152:58

Against

Takedowns absorbed14/—

TD defense—

Sub attempts faced3

Control conceded15:43

Control against / 15—

By round

Averages by round
Round	Fights	Sig.	Acc.	Sig/15	Abs/15	TD	TD acc	Ctrl/15
R1	—	—	—	—	—	0.7/1.6	42.9%	—
R2	—	—	—	—	—	0.7/1.5	44.2%	—
R3	—	—	—	—	—	0.4/1.8	21.5%	—
R4	—	—	—	—	—	0.1/0.8	17.3%	—
R5	—	—	—	—	—	0.6/2.1	26.6%	—

Recent fights

Win vs Diego Lopes
Decision - Unanimous · Round 5 · 5:00
UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2Jan 31, 2026
KD 0 · Sig 98/160 · TD 2/7 · Ctrl 2:49
Win vs Diego Lopes
Decision - Unanimous · Round 5 · 5:00
UFC 314: Volkanovski vs. LopesApr 12, 2025
KD 0 · Sig 158/259 · TD 1/11 · Ctrl 1:18
Loss vs Ilia Topuria
KO/TKO · Round 2 · 3:32
UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. TopuriaFeb 17, 2024
KD 0 · Sig 47/107 · TD 0/0 · Ctrl 0:00
Loss vs Islam Makhachev
KO/TKO · Round 1 · 3:06
UFC 294: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski 2Oct 21, 2023
KD 0 · Sig 4/6 · TD 0/0 · Ctrl 0:49
Win vs Yair Rodriguez
KO/TKO · Round 3 · 4:19
UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. RodriguezJul 8, 2023
KD 0 · Sig 66/97 · TD 7/12 · Ctrl 7:13
Loss vs Islam Makhachev
Decision - Unanimous · Round 5 · 5:00
UFC 284: Makhachev vs. VolkanovskiFeb 11, 2023
KD 1 · Sig 70/143 · TD 0/4 · Ctrl 2:55
Win vs Max Holloway
Decision - Unanimous · Round 5 · 5:00
UFC 276: Adesanya vs. CannonierJul 2, 2022
KD 0 · Sig 199/372 · TD 0/0 · Ctrl 1:57
Win vs Chan Sung Jung
KO/TKO · Round 4 · 0:45
UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean ZombieApr 9, 2022
KD 1 · Sig 138/213 · TD 4/8 · Ctrl 2:52
Win vs Brian Ortega
Decision - Unanimous · Round 5 · 5:00
UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. OrtegaSep 25, 2021
KD 0 · Sig 214/353 · TD 0/0 · Ctrl 3:51
Win vs Max Holloway
Decision - Split · Round 5 · 5:00
UFC 251: Usman vs. MasvidalJul 11, 2020
KD 0 · Sig 137/272 · TD 3/9 · Ctrl 1:26

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