Alexander Volkanovski

FeatherweightVolume Striker
15 - 3

18 UFC Fights | 83% Win Rate | 5 Finishes (33%)

Height
5' 6"
Reach
71"
Weight
145 lbs.
Age
37
Orthodox

Alexander Volkanovski UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Alexander Volkanovski is 15-3 in the UFC across 18 fights, with 5 wins by knockout and 10 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 28-4, 13-1 of it outside the UFC. Volkanovski competes at featherweight as an orthodox volume striker, standing 5'6" with a 71" reach at 37 years old. The last bout was a win over Diego Lopes by decision in Jan 2026.

Best attribute: striking volume (significant strikes landed per minute) — 95th percentile among 191 featherweight fighters (6.0 sig. strikes/min).

Alexander Volkanovski's UFC win rate is 83% (15 of 18 fights), and 33% of those wins came by finish. Volkanovski averages 1.8 takedowns per fight at 34% accuracy and stops 69% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
28-4
UFC Record
15-3
Height
5'6"
Reach
71"
Age
37
Stance
Orthodox
Last Fight
W vs Diego Lopes · Decision · Jan 2026

Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.

Alexander Volkanovski's Last 5 Fights

Volkanovski is 3-2 in the last five UFC fights.

  1. Win vs Diego Lopes · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2 · Jan 2026
  2. Win vs Diego Lopes · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC 314: Volkanovski vs. Lopes · Apr 2025
  3. Loss vs Ilia Topuria · KO/TKO · R2 3:32 · UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria · Feb 2024
  4. Loss vs Islam Makhachev · KO/TKO · R1 3:06 · UFC 294: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski 2 · Oct 2023
  5. Win vs Yair Rodriguez · KO/TKO · R3 4:19 · UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez · Jul 2023

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
6.0
+1.8x ratio
Accuracy
57%
above avg
Knockdowns / Fight
0.33

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
3.3
0.9x avg
Strike Differential
+2.7
Opp. Accuracy Against
41%

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
1.8
Takedown Accuracy
34%
Takedown Defense
69%
Control Time / Fight
3:19
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.2

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
0% KO
0% Sub
R2
17% KO
0% Sub
R3+
11% KO
0% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Alexander Volkanovski vs Average

Alexander Volkanovski lands 22.3 strikes in R1 but 32.8 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.

Alexander Volkanovski's UFC Fight History

18 UFC fights on record (15-3), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
W★Diego LopesDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 22026-01-31
W★Diego LopesDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC 314: Volkanovski vs. Lopes2025-04-12
L★Ilia TopuriaKO/TKOR2 · 3:32UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria2024-02-17
L★Islam MakhachevKO/TKOR1 · 3:06UFC 294: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski 22023-10-21
W★Yair RodriguezKO/TKOR3 · 4:19UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez2023-07-08
L★Islam MakhachevDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC 284: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski2023-02-11
W★Max HollowayDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier2022-07-02
W★Chan Sung JungKO/TKOR4 · 0:45UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie2022-04-09
W★Brian OrtegaDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega2021-09-25
W★Max HollowayDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal2020-07-11
W★Max HollowayDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington2019-12-14
WJose AldoDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 237: Namajunas vs. Andrade2019-05-11
WChad MendesKO/TKOR2 · 4:14UFC 232: Jones vs. Gustafsson 22018-12-29
WDarren ElkinsDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs. Ivanov2018-07-14
WJeremy KennedyKO/TKOR2 · 4:57UFC 221: Romero vs. Rockhold2018-02-10
WShane YoungDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Tybura2017-11-18
WMizuto HirotaDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Hunt2017-06-10
WYusuke KasuyaKO/TKOR2 · 2:06UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Brunson2016-11-26

How Volkanovski Ranks at Featherweight

Percentile among the 191 featherweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume6.0 sig. strikes/min
95th percentile
Striking accuracy57%
93rd percentile
Strikes absorbed3.3/min
55th percentile
Takedowns1.8/fight
81st percentile
Takedown defense69%
66th percentile
Knockdown power0.33/fight
71st percentile

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