UFC · Featherweight champion
Alexander Volkanovski
ChampionFeatherweight
29–4–0
14 KO · 3 SUB · 12 DEC
- Height
- 5′6″168 cm
- Reach
- 71½″182 cm
- Weight
- 145 lb66 kg
- Age
- 38
- Born
- September 29, 1988
- From
- Windang, Australia
- Style
- Kickboxing
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Team
- City Kickboxing
- Streak
- 3wins
- UFC
- 16–3
- Last
- Movsar EvloevWin · October 24, 2026
Alexander Volkanovski is the UFC featherweight champion. The record is 29–4–0: fourteen knockouts, three submissions, and twelve decisions.
He won the vacant featherweight title against Diego Lopes at UFC 314 on April 12, 2025, and defended it twice. The defenses were a decision over Lopes at UFC 325 on February 1, 2026, and a second-round stoppage of Movsar Evloev at UFC 333 on October 24, 2026.
The first reign began with a decision over Max Holloway at UFC 245 on December 14, 2019. He lost that belt by knockout to Ilia Topuria at UFC 298 on February 17, 2024. The other three losses are a decision and a knockout to Islam Makhachev, and a stoppage against Corey Nelson in 2013.
Fights
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Movsar Evloev | Win | TKO (punches)Defended the featherweight title. | 2 | 4:54 | UFC 333 | |
| Diego Lopes | Win | Decision (unanimous)Defended the featherweight title. | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 325 | |
| Diego Lopes | Win | Decision (unanimous)Won the featherweight title. | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 314 | |
| Ilia Topuria | Loss | KO (punch) | 2 | 3:32 | UFC 298 | |
| Islam Makhachev | Loss | KO (head kick and punches) | 1 | 3:06 | UFC 294 | |
| Yair Rodríguez | Win | TKO (punches) | 3 | 4:19 | UFC 290 | |
| Islam Makhachev | Loss | Decision (unanimous) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 284 | |
| Max Holloway | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 276 | |
| Chan Sung Jung | Win | TKO (punches) | 4 | 0:45 | UFC 273 | |
| Brian Ortega | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 266 | |
| Max Holloway | Win | Decision (split) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 251 | |
| Max Holloway | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 245 | |
| José Aldo | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC 237 | |
| Chad Mendes | Win | TKO (punches) | 2 | 4:14 | UFC 232 | |
| Darren Elkins | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: dos Santos vs. Ivanov | |
| Jeremy Kennedy | Win | TKO (punches and elbows) | 2 | 4:57 | UFC 221 | |
| Shane Young | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Tybura | |
| Mizuto Hirota | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Hunt | |
| Yusuke Kasuya | Win | TKO (punches) | 2 | 2:06 | UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Brunson | |
| Jai Bradney | Win | TKO (punches) | 1 | — | Wollongong Wars 4 | |
| Jamie Mullarkey | Win | KO (punch) | 1 | 3:23 | Australian FC 15 | |
| Yusuke Yachi | Win | Submission (triangle choke) | 4 | 3:43 | Pacific Xtreme Combat 50 | |
| James Bishop | Win | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:39 | Australian FC 13 | |
| David Butt | Win | TKO (punches) | 2 | 1:52 | Wollongong Wars 2 | |
| Kyle Reyes | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | Pacific Xtreme Combat 45 | |
| Jai Bradney | Win | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 4:58 | Roshambo MMA 3 | |
| Rodolfo Marques Diniz | Win | KO (punch) | 1 | 3:41 | Australian FC 9 | |
| Greg Atzori | Win | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | — | Roshambo MMA 2 | |
| Luke Catubig | Win | TKO (punches) | 3 | 4:39 | Australian FC 7 | |
| Corey Nelson | Loss | TKO (head kick and punches) | 3 | 0:13 | Australian FC 5 | |
| Anton Zafir | Win | TKO (punches) | 4 | 2:19 | Roshambo MMA 1 | |
| Regan Wilson | Win | TKO (doctor stoppage) | 1 | 2:49 | Cage Conquest 2 | |
| Gerhard Voigt | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | Revolution at the Roxy |