Volkanovski vs Ortega

Who won Volkanovski vs Ortega?

Alexander Volkanovski beat Brian Ortega by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC 266, on Saturday 25th September 2021 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 50-44, 50-45, 49-46 in favor of the 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 Ortega stats

Alexander Volkanovski stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Brian Ortega made his way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

This was Alexander Volkanovski's 17th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2016. Brian Ortega marked his 13th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2014.

Alexander Volkanovski's UFC record stood at 14-3-0, while Brian Ortega's came in at 8-4-0.

The stats suggested Volkanovski had a large advantage in power over Ortega, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Ortega's 20%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Ortega had a massive advantage over Volkanovski, boasting a 47% submission rate over Volkanovski's 14%.

Alexander Volkanovski was the older man by 2 years, at 36 years old.

Ortega had a height advantage of 2 inches over Volkanovski. Despite this, he had a 3-inch reach advantage.

Volkanovski was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 2 years later than Ortega, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 28 more professional rounds, 87 to Ortega's 59.

Volkanovski vs Ortega form

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

In his last fight leading up to 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.

Brian Ortega had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Diego Lopes at UFC 306 on 14th September 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Sphere, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Yair Rodriguez at UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2 on 24th February 2024 by submission in the 3rd round at Arena CDMX, Mexico City, Mexico.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Yair Rodriguez at UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez on 16th July 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UBS Arena, Long Island, New York, United States.

Before that, he had been defeated by Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 266 on 25th September 2021 by unanimous decision in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

He was victorious against Chan Sung Jung at UFC Fight Island 6 on 17th October 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Alexander Volkanovski had last fought 2 months and 5 days ago, while Brian Ortega's last outing had been 9 months and 3 days ago.

Volkanovski's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 4 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

Ortega's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 8 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

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