Volkanovski vs Holloway III

Who won Volkanovski vs Holloway III?

Alexander Volkanovski beat Max Holloway by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the co-main event of UFC 276, on Saturday 2nd July 2022 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 50-45, 50-45, 50-45 in favor of winner Alexander Volkanovski.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

This contest was for the UFC featherweight championship.

Volkanovski vs Holloway III stats

Alexander Volkanovski stepped into the octagon with a record of 24 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Max Holloway made his way to the cage with a record of 23 wins, 6 loses and 0 draws, with 10 of those wins by knock out and 2 by submission.

The stats suggested Volkanovski had a slight advantage in power over Holloway, with a 50% knock out percentage over Holloway's 43%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Volkanovski had a slight advantage over Holloway, with a 13% submission rate over Holloway's 9%.

Alexander Volkanovski was the older man by 3 years, at 34 years old.

Holloway had a height advantage of 5 inches over Volkanovski. Despite this, he had 3-inch reach advantage.

Volkanovski was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 4 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 1 year and 8 months later than Holloway, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 21 less professional rounds, 76 to Holloway's 97.

Volkanovski vs Holloway III form

Volkanovski had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 4 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beat Chan Sung Jung at UFC 273 on 9th April 2022 by knockout in the 4th round in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

Previous to that, he had beat Brian Ortega at UFC 266 on 25th September 2021 by unanimous decision in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had won against Max Holloway at UFC 251 on 11th July 2020 by split decision in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Before that, he had beat Max Holloway at UFC 245 on 14th December 2019 by unanimous decision in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

He had defeated Jose Aldo at UFC 237 on 11th May 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Max Holloway had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Calvin Kattar at UFC on ABC 1 on 16th January 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 251 on 11th July 2020 by split decision in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 245 on 14th December 2019 by unanimous decision in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Before that, he had won against Frankie Edgar at UFC 240 on 27th July 2019 by unanimous decision in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at Rogers Place, Edmonton, Canada.

He had been beaten by Dustin Poirier at UFC 236 on 13th April 2019 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at State Farm Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Alexander Volkanovski had been fighting more than Max Holloway.

Going to this contest, Alexander Volkanovski had last fought 1 year, 1 month and 22 days ago, while Max Holloway's last outing had been 2 years, 4 months and 15 days ago.

Volkanovski's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 22 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.4 rounds on average.

Holloway's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 1 month and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 25 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5 rounds on average.

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