5 reasons why Alexander Volkanovski is the UFC's featherweight GOAT

#4. Alexander Volkanovski is riding an insane winning streak

Alexander Volkanovski's win streak is as impressive as any fighter in featherweight history

The other two contenders for the position of the UFC’s featherweight GOAT would be Jose Aldo and Max Holloway. Part of what made both men great was the fact that they went on lengthy winning streaks in the promotion.

Aldo was famously unbeaten in MMA between 2005 and 2015, and won a total of seven straight bouts in the octagon before being dethroned by Conor McGregor at UFC 194.

Holloway, meanwhile, reeled off an insane 13-fight win streak from 2014 to 2019, winning the UFC featherweight title in the process. His streak ended at the hands of Dustin Poirier, but that loss came at 155 pounds. He won another fight at 145 before falling to Volkanovski in 2019.

Where does Volkanovski’s win streak sit in comparison? While not all of his bouts in the octagon have come at featherweight, it looks pretty good.

The Aussie has not lost a fight since 2013 and that defeat came at welterweight. In the years that have followed, he’s won a total of 20 fights in a row, including 10 in the octagon, with nine of those bouts coming at featherweight.

Essentially, then, he’s already beaten Aldo’s winning streak when it comes to UFC fights and a few more wins would move him past Holloway, too.

When you consider that a number of Holloway’s wins came over weaker opponents, too, it’s arguable that Volkanovski’s win streak is already superior, creating more evidence that Alexander 'The Great' is the GOAT at 145 pounds.

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#3. There’s nobody on the horizon that would be favored to beat him

No featherweight would be favoured to beat 'Alexander the Great' right now

For all of their greatness, it’s hard to deny the fact that some UFC champions look more vulnerable than others. That’s usually because there’s at least one monstrous challenger waiting in the wings who would be favored to beat them.

For instance, nobody is expecting Glover Teixeira’s reign as UFC light heavyweight champion to last long, primarily because of how dangerous Jiri Prochazka, Magomed Ankalaev and Aleksandar Rakic appear to be.

In contrast, though, the UFC has no featherweight on the horizon that would be favored to beat Alexander Volkanovski right now.

‘The Great’ has already overcome the top two contenders in the division in the form of Max Holloway and Brian Ortega. If he beats Chan Sung Jung this weekend, he’ll have knocked off another of the top five.

More importantly, would anyone really favor Yair Rodriguez, Arnold Allen or Calvin Kattar to defeat the Australian? It’s doubtful. There doesn’t even appear to be a red-hot prospect climbing the ranks who has the ability to dethrone him.

Therefore, if he continues to fight at his current level, Volkanovski’s title reign could go on for some time yet, cementing him as the UFC’s featherweight GOAT.