Alexander Volkanovski Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
W	#2Diego LopesTitle Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2	Jan 31, 2026
W	#3Diego LopesTitle Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 314: Volkanovski vs. Lopes	Apr 12, 2025
L	#3Ilia TopuriaTitle Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R2	3:32	UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria	Feb 17, 2024
L	CIslam MakhachevTitle Lightweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head At Distance	R1	3:06	UFC 294: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski 2	Oct 21, 2023
W	#1Yair RodriguezTitle Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R3	4:19	UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez	Jul 8, 2023
L	CIslam MakhachevTitle Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 284: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski	Feb 11, 2023
W	#1Max HollowayTitle Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier	Jul 2, 2022
W	#4Chan Sung JungTitle Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R4	0:45	UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie	Apr 9, 2022
W	#2Brian OrtegaTitle Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega	Sep 25, 2021
W	#1Max HollowayTitle Featherweight	Decision	Split	R5	5:00	UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal	Jul 11, 2020
W	CMax HollowayTitle Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington	Dec 14, 2019
W	#1Jose Aldo Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 237: Namajunas vs. Andrade	May 11, 2019
W	#5Chad Mendes Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R2	4:14	UFC 232: Jones vs. Gustafsson 2	Dec 29, 2018
W	#10Darren Elkins Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs. Ivanov	Jul 14, 2018
W	Jeremy Kennedy Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Half Guard	R2	4:57	UFC 221: Romero vs. Rockhold	Feb 10, 2018
W	Shane Young Catch Weight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Tybura	Nov 18, 2017
W	Mizuto Hirota Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Hunt	Jun 10, 2017
W	Yusuke Kasuya Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R2	2:06	UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Brunson	Nov 26, 2016

Outside the UFC

13-1across 14 bouts · 13 promotions · wins by 8 KO · 3 sub · 2 decPXC · WW 4 · AFC 15 · AFC 13 · WW 2 +8

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Jai Bradney16-17-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	—	WW 4	Jul 8, 2016
W	Jamie Mullarkey18-9	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	3:23	AFC 15	Mar 19, 2016
W	Yusuke Yachi29-16	Submission	Triangle Choke	R4	3:43	PXC	Dec 4, 2015
W	James Bishop5-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:39	AFC 13	Jun 14, 2015
W	David Butt8-12	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	1:52	WW 2	Nov 1, 2014
W	Kyle Reyes15-7	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	PXC	Oct 24, 2014
W	Jai Bradney16-17-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	4:58	Roshambo MMA 3	Jul 26, 2014
W	Rodolfo Marques25-18-1	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	3:41	AFC 9	May 17, 2014
W	Greg Atzori15-13	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	—	Roshambo MMA 2	Feb 1, 2014
W	Luke Catubig10-12-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	4:39	AFC 7	Dec 14, 2013
L	Corey Nelson19-8-2	KO/TKO	Head Kick and Punches	R3	0:13	AFC 5	May 10, 2013
W	Anton Zafir8-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R4	2:19	Roshambo MMA 1	Apr 6, 2013
W	Regan Wilson5-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:49	Southern Fight Promotions	Feb 23, 2013
W	Gerhard Voigt6-9	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Revolution Promotions	May 19, 2012

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

13 wins, 3 losses

W13

L3

Submission

3 wins, 0 losses

W3

L0

Decision

12 wins, 1 loss

W12

L1

Finishes

UFC KOs

5

Above avg · 11%Featherweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.33

Above avg · 0.23Featherweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 7%Featherweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.22

Below avg · 0.40Featherweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Alexander Volkanovski

PowerChin

Knockout rate

28%

5 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

6

0.51 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

2

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

4

0.66 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Never submittedin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

6 scorecards on file

Alexander Volkanovski

Scorecard luck

Cards have leaned their way

No split or majority decisions on file — this read comes from contested rounds alone. Judges have given them 2 of 3 rounds they disagreed on (67%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

None on file

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

2–1

Won – Lost

67% went their way

Unanimous6 decisions · 100%

5W1L

Split

None

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

3 rounds total

3

Won

0

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallB68th

57%1,815 / 3,178

Striking accuracy

58%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+2.68 differential

Landed5.99

Absorbed3.31

63%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+15%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head65%91st1,180
Body10%46th188
Leg25%96th447

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

76%Standing

Standing76%1,387
Clinch8%154
Ground15%274

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Alexander Volkanovski

Landed per 15

Head

A+

92nd

58.4

92nd

Body

C

44th

9.3

44th

Leg

A+

97th

22.1

97th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

B

61st

29.9

61st

Body

D

41st

12.0

41st

Leg

C

48th

7.8

48th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	58.4	1,180	2,324	51%
Body	9.3	188	281	67%
Leg	22.1	447	573	78%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	29.9	604	1,851	33%
Body	12.0	242	356	68%
Leg	7.8	157	224	70%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Alexander Volkanovski

34%

Takedown accuracy

69%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+2.2 min net

On top3.0

On bottom0.8

Offense

Takedowns

B

59th

1.6

59th

TD accuracy

C

45th

34%

45th

Sub attempts

C

44th

0.2

44th

Control

C

57th

3.0 min

57th

Defense

TD defense

B

63rd

69%

63rd

Controlled

0.8 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	33 / 97
Submission attempts	4
Control time	59:50

Defense

TDs defended	31 / 45
Control absorbed	15:43

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (303min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Alexander Volkanovski

18 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 303 min

133%

R3 pace · 13 bouts

Volkanovski builds (+6% per round through round 5). Within fights that reached round 3, Volkanovski lifts to 133% of round-1 output by round 3 (13 bouts).

Volkanovski ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Volkanovskilanded / min

Takedown attempts

Volkanovskiattempts / min

Control time

Volkanovski% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	6.4	4.6	2.7	0.32	22%	18
R2	8.1	6.2	3.4	0.31	23%	17
R3	8.7	6.8	3.5	0.36	21%	13
R4	7.3	6.4	4.0	0.17	9%	8
R5	9.1	7.2	3.6	0.43	16%	7

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Alexander Volkanovski

18 resolved UFC bouts · 14 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

95/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

99th

85%

99th

Win quality

A+

98th

84%

98th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

7

6

3

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	7	4-3	57%
Top-5	6	6-0	100%
Top-15	1	1-0	100%
Building	1	1-0	100%
Unproven	3	3-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
W	Diego Lopes#2	Top-5	87	Jan 31, 2026
W	Diego Lopes#3	Top-5	86	Apr 12, 2025
L	Ilia Topuria#3	Champion	94	Feb 17, 2024
L	Islam MakhachevCHAMP	Champion	100	Oct 21, 2023
W	Yair Rodriguez#1	Top-5	90	Jul 8, 2023
L	Islam MakhachevCHAMP	Champion	100	Feb 11, 2023
W	Max Holloway#1	Champion	97	Jul 2, 2022
W	Chan Sung Jung#4	Top-5	83	Apr 9, 2022
W	Brian Ortega#2	Top-5	89	Sep 25, 2021
W	Max Holloway#1	Champion	97	Jul 11, 2020
W	Max HollowayCHAMP	Champion	100	Dec 14, 2019
W	Jose Aldo#1	Champion	97	May 11, 2019
W	Chad Mendes#5	Top-5	86	Dec 29, 2018
W	Darren Elkins#10	Top-15	69	Jul 14, 2018
W	Jeremy Kennedy	Building	18	Feb 10, 2018
W	Shane Young	Unproven	8	Nov 18, 2017
W	Mizuto Hirota	Unproven	8	Jun 10, 2017
W	Yusuke Kasuya	Unproven	8	Nov 26, 2016

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

18 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

2-0

2 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

5-2

7 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

7-1

8 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

2-1

3 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

12-2

14 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

8-3

11 bouts

As champion

defending the belt

6-1

7 bouts

As challenger

fighting for the belt

2-2

4 bouts

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

3-1

4 bouts

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

0-1

1 bout

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

3-0

3 bouts

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

5 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Alexander Volkanovski

Active

5 monthssince last bout

vs Diego Lopes · Jan 31, 2026

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 12-1As underdog 3-2

96.4

DK avg

102.8

Median

129.9

Ceiling

82.8

Floor

83%

Boom

11%

Bust

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