#2 Max Holloway lost to Volkanovski twice
While Aldo's two losses to Max Holloway cannot be used to discredit the Brazilian's legacy as arguably the greatest featherweight of all time, Holloway's losses to Volkanovski could be used to make a case for the Australian.
Both Max Holloway and Alexander Volkanovski have the same number of successful title defenses. The only difference is that one of Volkanovski's three title defenses came against Holloway himself.
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Both fighters are contemporaries of one another, with only three years separating them in age. With both having an equal number of title defenses, while one fighter holds several victories over the other, it becomes difficult to argue against the fighter with the wins being greater than their opposition.
While Volkanovski's two wins over Max Holloway are controversial, his second victory being especially scrutinized, the Australian will have yet another opportunity to cement his superiority over his rival by claiming a third victory in their trilogy fight at UFC 276.
#1 Volkanovski is undefeated at featherweight
While Max Holloway holds the record for the longest win streak in UFC featherweight history, Alexander Volkanovski is undefeated in the weight class. The sole loss of Volkanovski's career came at welterweight.
In his featherweight career, the Australian has been spotless, overcoming every single opponent put in front of him. Max Holloway, by contrast, has lost at featherweight.
He lost his debut fight in the division against Dustin Poirier, while also bearing losses to Conor McGregor, Dennis Bermudez, and Volkanovski himself.
Volkanovski, however, has no losses in the weight class and looks primed to surpass Max Holloway's win streak in the UFC featherweight division.
Furthermore, if he successfully overcomes Holloway for a third time in their upcoming UFC 276 matchup, he will surpass the Hawaiian's title defense record.
Few other fighters can claim to be unbeaten in their weight class. Volkanovski is one of the few, and given his past victories over Max Holloway and their equal number of title defenses, he can be confidently classified as a greater featherweight than the former champion.