Round 1
26 of 52
Sig.
strikes
strikes
15 of 38
0 of 0
Take-
downs
downs
0 of 0
0:00
Control
0:00
0
Knock-
downs
downs
0
Distance 24Clinch 2Ground 0
Where it
happened
happened
Distance 13Clinch 2Ground 0
From the tape · 17 Feb 2024
Alexander Volkanovski vs Ilia Topuria
UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria · Anaheim, California, USA
Result
Ilia Topuria beat Alexander Volkanovski
Featherweight TitleTitle fightMainReferee · Jason HerzogPOTN
We published no prediction for this bout. Everything on this page is the official record and the tape it was fought on — the result, the round-by-round counts, the judges’ cards where they exist and the sportsbook line where one was published. Our graded calls start in 2026 and live on the public record.
Red corner
AlexanderVolkanovski“The Great”Born in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia · Fights out of Windang, New South Wales, Australia
VSOn the tape
Blue corner
IliaTopuria“El Matador”Topuria Team · Born in Halle, Germany · Fights out of Alicante, Spain
The story going in
- Has finished 5 of 13 UFC wins.
- Comes in on a 6-fight win streak.
- 15 UFC bouts deep — 9 more than Topuria.
- Has finished 4 of 6 UFC wins.
28-4
Record
17-1
35
Age
−8 yr27
5' 6"
Height
+1″5' 7"
+2″71″
Reach
69″
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
+915
UFC bouts
6
5/1338% of wins
Finishes
+28%4/667% of wins
Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Born in
Halle, Germany
Windang, New South Wales, Australia
Fights out of
Alicante, Spain
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Round by round
Every round the fight went, shaded by where the significant strikes actually landed — and the takedowns, control time and knockdowns beside them.
UFCStats · per round
2 rounds of tape
Round 2⚡ 1 KD TopuriaEnded 3:32
21 of 55
Sig.
strikes
strikes
20 of 39
0 of 0
Take-
downs
downs
0 of 0
0:00
Control
0:03
0
Knock-
downs
downs
1
Distance 20Clinch 1Ground 0
Where it
happened
happened
Distance 15Clinch 2Ground 3
Significant strikes, takedowns, control time, knockdowns and submission attempts exactly as UFCStats recorded them for this bout, round by round. Zone percentages are that round’s landed head, body and leg counts over their own total — raw arithmetic, nothing modelled or smoothed. A round in which a fighter landed nothing shades empty and reads zero; it is never filled in from the round before.
How it ended
This bout never reached the judges. Here is the finish, as the official record has it.
Won inside the distance
Ilia Topuria
Round
2
Clock
3:32
Method
KO/TKO
This bout did not reach the judges, so there are no official cards for it. The round-by-round tape above is the whole record of what happened. Referee: Jason Herzog.
Takedowns
Takedowns
The level change — head to head
Career UFC takedown rates. Red corner left, blue corner right.
Alexander Volkanovski
1.63 / 15m
TAKEDOWNS
1.73 / 15m
4.79 / 15m
ATTEMPTS
3.04 / 15m
34%
ACCURACY
57%
0.20 / 15m
SUB ATT
0.90 / 15m
68%
TD DEFENCE
95%
Ilia Topuria
Career UFC takedown rates exactly as UFCStats publishes them: takedowns landed per 15 minutes, completion rate, submission attempts per 15 minutes, and the share of takedowns tried on them that they stuffed. Attempts per 15 is the one derived figure — landed ÷ completion rate — and it is omitted wherever either input is missing. UFCStats writes 0% where no attempt was recorded at all, so a percentage of exactly zero reads “n/a” here rather than as a measured rate. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average. Rate bars run to the population’s 95th percentile (5.50 takedowns / 15m); a fighter above it pins the bar. Percentages are drawn on their own axis.
Ranked roster-wide
The market story
What the market did on the way to the cage — the price, not our model. This bout is settled; the window below is closed.
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Alexander Volkanovski vs Ilia Topuria.