The people of the illawarra are so proud of Alexander "The Great" Volkanovski and how his achievements on the world stage have put Windang, NSW, Australia on the spotlight of the world. 

An extremely proud supporter of his local community in Windang, Alexander Volkanovski (born 29 September 1988) is an Australian mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Featherweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is the current UFC Featherweight Champion. He is also a former Australian Fighting Championship (AFC) Featherweight champion. Prior to his UFC debut, Alex competed as a professional boxer in 2015. As of 11 July 2023, he is #1 in the UFC men's pound-for-pound rankings.

Alex is based at Freestyle Fighting Gym in Wollongong but regularly completes training camps at Tiger Muay Thai and Bangtao Muay Thai & MMA in Phuket and City Kickboxing in Auckland with fellow UFC fighters, and is always promoting his home town of Windang every chance he gets.

The citizens of the illawarra are extremely passionate about celebrating their local and national Hero Alexander, that they have been requesting that Alexander be given the keys to the City of Wollongong. It is of utmost importance that Alexander and his achievements be recognized and immortalized in a statue of him in Windang.