The Most Famous
MARTIAL ARTS from Australia
This page contains a list of the greatest Australian Martial Arts. The pantheon dataset contains 179 Martial Arts, 1 of which were born in Australia. This makes Australia the birth place of the 25th most number of Martial Arts behind Switzerland, and Croatia.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Australian Martial Arts of all time. This list of famous Australian Martial Arts is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Alexander Volkanovski (b. 1988)
With an HPI of 51.16, Alexander Volkanovski is the most famous Australian Martial Arts. His biography has been translated into 26 different languages on wikipedia.
Alexander Volkanovski (born 29 September 1988) is an Australian professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is the current and two-time UFC Featherweight Champion. Volkanovski is the second Australian to win a UFC title after Robert Whittaker. He is also a former Australian Fighting Championship (AFC) Featherweight champion. Prior to his UFC debut, Volkanovski competed as a professional boxer in 2015. As of 24 June 2025, he is #6 in the UFC men's pound-for-pound rankings. He is considered one of the greatest Featherweights of all time.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Australian martial arts born between 1988 and 1988. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Australian martial arts include Alexander Volkanovski. As of April 2024, 1 new Australian martial arts have been added to Pantheon including Alexander Volkanovski.
