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title: "Who is the reigning UFC featherweight champion?"  
description: "Who is the reigning UFC featherweight champion?"  
author: "Baishakhi Ghosh"  
published: 2023-10-24  
updated: 2024-06-02  
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# Who is the reigning UFC featherweight champion?



## Answers

### Answer by Amartya Singh

## Overview:

Until June 2024, the ruling [**UFC**](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/300164/how-to-watch-ufc-245-live-stream-online) featherweight champion is **Alexander Volkanowski**. Volkanowski, an Australian [military](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/83195/indiscriminate-russian-shelling-is-awaited-ukrainian-military-says) craftsman, has turned into a significant power in the UFC's featherweight division. He came out on top for that championship on December 14, 2019 at UFC 245, where he crushed then-champion Max Holloway through consistent choice. The [success](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23227/how-to-plan-your-website-redesign-for-success) denoted the start of Volkanowski's rule as 145-pound champion.

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**Alexander Volkanowski's** moniker "[**The Great**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_known_as_the_Great)**,**" comes from his rugby [profession](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/87868/how-has-blogging-become-a-profession-in-the-world) prior to changing to blended hand-to-hand fighting. His battling style is balanced, and he has great striking, [catching](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/1582/catching-messagebox-result), and vital astuteness. Volkanowski's [methodology](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/159772/how-to-write-a-methodology-step-by-step) in the Octagon is described by his tireless speed, strong striking, and [capacity](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/832/what-is-the-difference-between-the-size-and-capacity-of-a-vector) to take an alternate route mid-battle

Since his triumph, Volkanowski has had the [option](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/80965/military-lockdown-an-option-for-the-world) to shield his title on numerous occasions, solidifying his situation in the featherweight division.

Volkanowski's ascent to the highest point of the featherweight division and his resulting title safeguard gained him the appreciation and esteem of fans and warriors the same, and his capacity to keep up with his title position in an exceptionally cutthroat division addresses his unprecedented ability and difficult work.

Read more: [Who is the reigning UFC flyweight champion](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/104628/who-is-the-reigning-ufc-flyweight-champion)


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