As one of the two matches of UFC 276, Alexander Volkanovski is highly appreciated than Max Holloway with an unbeaten record in UFC. Since joining this tournament in 2016, Volkanovski had 11 wins before Max Holloway.
Besides the achievement chain in UFC, Alexander Volkanovski also has impressive confrontation achievements. In the past, he had met Max Holloway twice in UFC 245 and UFC 251. In those two matches, Volkanovski won. It was the basis for him to be more appreciated than Holloway before this confrontation.
True to the grave, Volkanovski played a completely on the body against Max Holloway. The attacks of the Australian boxers are more effective than the opponent, while Holloway can only support or return weak blow. Volkanovski could not win the knockout, but the advantage he showed was enough to win.
At the end of 5 rounds, all 3 assessments recognized the 50-45 victory belonging to Volkanovski. This victory helped him successfully defend the 4th UFC Championship Featherweight Championship in his career. His full achievement at UFC was also expanded to 12.
Meanwhile, Max Holloway's failure was the third consecutive time he lost in a fight with Volkanovski. At the age of 31, the opportunity for Holloway to regain the championship from the opponent is getting far away, although he used to have the opportunity to win two UFC championships.