Alexander ‘The Great’ Volkanovski He is the current featherweight champion, a belt he wore around his waist for the first time. in December 2019, when he defeated Max Holloway by unanimous decision. This week he makes his sixth defense of the championship against Ilia Topuria. The Australian fighter is currently 35 years old and his record is 26 wins (13 KOs, 3 submission, 10 decision) and 3 defeats (2 KOs, 1 decision). Specifically, Volk’s UFC record is 13-2.
The height of the featherweight king is 1.68 m, with a reach of 1.82. He currently occupies the position number 3 in the pound for pound ranking led by Islam Makhachev followed by Jon Jones. If he beat Topuria he would probably surpass the heavyweight champion in this ranking and rise to 2. His trainer is the Australian Joe Lopez (José Antonio López), son of Spaniards who emigrated to Australia many years ago.
On attack, his striking effectiveness in the UFC is 57% and his knockdown effectiveness is 38% (16 of 79 achieved). He has 70% of defending demolition and knock down is 0.37%. Your average time per fight is 16:08 minutes. His trilogy fight with Holloway closed what until then was their great rivalry and that is when Volkanovski attempted the assault on the lightweight title against Islam Makhachev in a fight that for the first time in UFC history pitted the numbers 1 and 2 of the pound for pound ranking.