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Do we like Alexander Volkanovski?

Our score: 7 out of 10. Nothing harmful found and some small kindness on the record, but we couldn't open much of the deeper charity or sponsor trail.

The fresh news is a big night's work. In Abu Dhabi he floored Evloev late in round two, the ref stepped in with six seconds left, and the win tied Jose Aldo for most featherweight title-fight wins in UFC history. Afterwards he said “I'm just glad that I had a No. 1 contender to fight, a clear one.”

That contender came out of London in March, when Evloev beat Lerone Murphy on a majority decision despite a point deduction. Volkanovski watched on and said “He's 20-0 now, and I guess he's next.” He then spent months waiting for the UFC to book it, which is fair enough for a champ who just wants an opponent.

It's a consistent line from him. Back in July 2025 he said of Evloev “He deserves it.” He also said he was open to other contenders if the UFC went another way. That reads as a fighter who wants the division sorted by merit rather than hype.

On the harm test, we ran the usual checks on LGBTQ+ and trans people, women, migrants, race, vaccines, climate and politics. All that came back was fight chatter and no harmful words or campaigning of his own. We didn't dig deep into his sponsors or business partners, so that gap is on us, not a clean bill beyond what we found.

The good stuff on the record is small but warm. After beating Diego Lopes at UFC 325 in Sydney in February, he went home to his farm in the Illawarra and cooked a feed for the workers installing solar panels, filming it for his cooking channel. He said “I'm going to cook a feed for everyone while they're working very hard.”

Court record and allegations are the boring kind of empty. We found no cases against him, no misconduct claims and no sign of a boss or mate to be wary of. Honest caveat: the background on his early life and his wider charity work sat behind pages we couldn't open, so we're not padding it out.