Volkanovski vs Hirota

Who won Volkanovski vs Hirota?

Alexander Volkanovski beat Mizuto Hirota by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night 110, on Saturday 10th June 2017 at Vector Arena in Auckland.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Alexander Volkanovski.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Volkanovski vs Hirota stats

Alexander Volkanovski stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Mizuto Hirota made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 7 losses and 2 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Alexander Volkanovski's 17th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2016.

Alexander Volkanovski's UFC record stood at 14-3-0, while Mizuto Hirota's came in at 1-5-1.

The stats suggested Volkanovski had a slight advantage in power over Hirota, with a 64% knock out percentage over Hirota's 56%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Volkanovski had a large advantage over Hirota, boasting a 21% submission rate over Hirota's 0%.

Alexander Volkanovski was the younger man by 8 years, at 36 years old.

Hirota had a height advantage of 1 inch over Volkanovski. Despite this, he had a 5-inch reach advantage.

Volkanovski was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 12 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 7 years and 3 months later than Hirota, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 12 more professional rounds, 87 to Hirota's 75.

Volkanovski vs Hirota form

Volkanovski had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Diego Lopes at UFC 314 on 12th April 2025 by unanimous decision in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at Kaseya Center, Miami, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Ilia Topuria at UFC 298 on 17th February 2024 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at Honda Center, Anaheim.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Islam Makhachev at UFC 294 on 21st October 2023 by knockout in the 1st round in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Before that, he had beaten Yair Rodriguez at UFC 290 on 8th July 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

He had been defeated by Islam Makhachev at UFC 284 on 11th February 2023 by unanimous decision in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at RAC Arena, Perth, Western Australia.

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Volkanovski's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 5 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

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