Alexander Volkanovski
18 UFC Fights | 83% Win Rate | 5 Finishes (33%)
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.
- Win vs Diego Lopes · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2 · Jan 2026
- Win vs Diego Lopes · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC 314: Volkanovski vs. Lopes · Apr 2025
- Loss vs Ilia Topuria · KO/TKO · R2 3:32 · UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria · Feb 2024
- Loss vs Islam Makhachev · KO/TKO · R1 3:06 · UFC 294: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski 2 · Oct 2023
- Win vs Yair Rodriguez · KO/TKO · R3 4:19 · UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez · Jul 2023
Striking
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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.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W★ | Diego Lopes | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2 | 2026-01-31 |
| W★ | Diego Lopes | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 314: Volkanovski vs. Lopes | 2025-04-12 |
| L★ | Ilia Topuria | KO/TKO | R2 · 3:32 | UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria | 2024-02-17 |
| L★ | Islam Makhachev | KO/TKO | R1 · 3:06 | UFC 294: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski 2 | 2023-10-21 |
| W★ | Yair Rodriguez | KO/TKO | R3 · 4:19 | UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez | 2023-07-08 |
| L★ | Islam Makhachev | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 284: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski | 2023-02-11 |
| W★ | Max Holloway | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier | 2022-07-02 |
| W★ | Chan Sung Jung | KO/TKO | R4 · 0:45 | UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie | 2022-04-09 |
| W★ | Brian Ortega | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega | 2021-09-25 |
| W★ | Max Holloway | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal | 2020-07-11 |
| W★ | Max Holloway | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington | 2019-12-14 |
| W | Jose Aldo | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 237: Namajunas vs. Andrade | 2019-05-11 |
| W | Chad Mendes | KO/TKO | R2 · 4:14 | UFC 232: Jones vs. Gustafsson 2 | 2018-12-29 |
| W | Darren Elkins | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs. Ivanov | 2018-07-14 |
| W | Jeremy Kennedy | KO/TKO | R2 · 4:57 | UFC 221: Romero vs. Rockhold | 2018-02-10 |
| W | Shane Young | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Tybura | 2017-11-18 |
| W | Mizuto Hirota | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Hunt | 2017-06-10 |
| W | Yusuke Kasuya | KO/TKO | R2 · 2:06 | UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Brunson | 2016-11-26 |
How Volkanovski Ranks at Featherweight
Percentile among the 191 featherweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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