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The Clinch

Australia “The Great” 2016-2026 · 63 rounds on file

Alexander Volkanovski

16-3-0 W-L-D in this database

Alexander Volkanovski, photograph by MMAnytt
Strike accuracy 1,815/3,178
Takedown accuracy 33/97
Sig. strikes / round 28.8
Control / round 0:57
Inside the distance 38% 6 of 16 wins
Height
5′6″167.6 cm
Reach
71″180.3 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Orthodox
Age
3829 SEP 1988
Listed weight
145 lb65.8 kg
Positional Controller Automatically assigned from data across 18 fights - 4.6 takedown attempts and 19% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

Every completed bout, grouped by the opponent's style.

Grappling 7 5-2-0 vs 1642 avg
Positional Controller 4 4-0-0
Submission Grappler 3 1-2-0
Striking 7 7-0-0 vs 1631 avg
Distance Striker 5 5-0-0
Pressure Striker 2 2-0-0
Hybrid 4 3-1-0 vs 1573 avg
Well-Rounded 4 3-1-0
-- Not classified 1 1-0-0 vs 1478 avg

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 7 bouts, the largest group.

The career, in order

One bar per bout, oldest on the left. Height is the significant strikes landed in that fight.

26 NOV 2016 - beat Yusuke Kasuya · Technical Knockout 10 JUN 2017 - beat Mizuto Hirota · Decision (Unanimous) 18 NOV 2017 - beat Shane Young · Decision (Unanimous) 10 FEB 2018 - beat Jeremy Kennedy · Technical Knockout 14 JUL 2018 - beat Darren Elkins · Decision (Unanimous) 29 DEC 2018 - beat Chad Mendes · Technical Knockout 11 MAY 2019 - beat Jose Aldo · Decision (Unanimous) 14 DEC 2019 - beat Max Holloway · Decision (Unanimous) 11 JUL 2020 - beat Max Holloway · Decision (Split) 25 SEP 2021 - beat Brian Ortega · Decision (Unanimous) 09 APR 2022 - beat Chan Sung Jung · Technical Knockout 02 JUL 2022 - beat Max Holloway · Decision (Unanimous) 11 FEB 2023 - lost to Islam Makhachev · Decision (Unanimous) 08 JUL 2023 - beat Yair Rodriguez · Technical Knockout 21 OCT 2023 - lost to Islam Makhachev · Technical Knockout 17 FEB 2024 - lost to Ilia Topuria · Technical Knockout 12 APR 2025 - beat Diego Lopes · Decision (Unanimous) 31 JAN 2026 - beat Diego Lopes · Decision (Unanimous) 24 OCT 2026 - beat Movsar Evloev · Technical Knockout

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 63 rounds across 18 of 19 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 28.8
Sig. strikes absorbed 15.9
Takedowns landed 0.5
Knockdowns 0.1
Sub. attempts 0.1
Control time 0:57 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 57% 1,815/3,178
Takedowns 34% 33/97
Opponents’ accuracy 41% 1,003/2,431

Where the strikes land

Head 65% 1,180
Body 10% 188
Leg 25% 447

And from where

At distance 76% 1,387
In the clinch 8% 154
On the ground 15% 274

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 6 won Technical Knockout · 6-2
Decision 10 won Decision (Unanimous) · 9-1 Decision (Split) · 1-0

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
24 OCT 2026 Movsar Evloev Won Technical Knockout R2 4:54 -- -- UFC 333
31 JAN 2026 Diego Lopes Won Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 98 70 UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2
12 APR 2025 Diego Lopes Won Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 158 63 UFC 314: Volkanovski vs. Lopes
17 FEB 2024 Ilia Topuria Lost Technical Knockout R2 3:32 47 35 UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria
21 OCT 2023 Islam Makhachev Lost Technical Knockout R1 3:06 4 24 UFC 294: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski 2
08 JUL 2023 Yair Rodriguez Won Technical Knockout R3 4:19 66 40 UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez
11 FEB 2023 Islam Makhachev Lost Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 70 57 UFC 284: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski
02 JUL 2022 Max Holloway Won Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 199 127 UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier
09 APR 2022 Chan Sung Jung Won Technical Knockout R4 0:45 138 48 UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie
25 SEP 2021 Brian Ortega Won Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 214 88 UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega
11 JUL 2020 Max Holloway Won Decision (Split) R5 5:00 137 102 UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal
14 DEC 2019 Max Holloway Won Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 157 134 UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington
11 MAY 2019 Jose Aldo Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 95 29 UFC 237: Namajunas vs. Andrade
29 DEC 2018 Chad Mendes Won Technical Knockout R2 4:14 54 28 UFC 232: Jones vs. Gustafsson 2
14 JUL 2018 Darren Elkins Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 100 82 UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs. Ivanov
10 FEB 2018 Jeremy Kennedy Won Technical Knockout R2 4:57 73 8 UFC 221: Romero vs. Rockhold
18 NOV 2017 Shane Young Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 68 18 UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Tybura
10 JUN 2017 Mizuto Hirota Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 87 46 UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Hunt
26 NOV 2016 Yusuke Kasuya Won Technical Knockout R2 2:06 50 4 UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Brunson

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