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 ring 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 ring 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%.

Alexander Volkanovski was the older man by 4 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 less 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 26 less professional rounds, 71 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 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Yair Rodriguez at UFC Vegas 42 on 13th November 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, 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.

He had defeated Frankie Edgar at UFC 240 on 27th July 2019 by unanimous decision in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at Rogers Place, Edmonton, Canada.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Alexander Volkanovski had last fought 5 months and 21 days ago, while Max Holloway's last outing had been 10 months and 17 days ago.

Volkanovski's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 4 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 4 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 3 years, 2 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 25 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5 rounds on average.