Holloway vs Rodriguez

Who won Holloway vs Rodriguez?

Max Holloway beat Yair Rodriguez by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC Vegas 42, on Saturday 13th November 2021 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 49-46, 48-47, 48-47 in favor of the winner Max Holloway.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Holloway vs Rodriguez stats

Max Holloway stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Yair Rodriguez made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

This was Max Holloway's 29th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2012.

Max Holloway's UFC record stood at 22-7-0, while Yair Rodriguez's came in at 10-4-0.

The stats suggested Holloway had an advantage in power over Rodriguez, with a 45% knock out percentage over Rodriguez's 31%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Rodriguez had an advantage over Holloway, with a 23% submission rate over Holloway's 9%.

Max Holloway was the older man by 1 year, at 32 years old.

Rodriguez had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Holloway was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 13 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 1 year earlier than Rodriguez, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 48 more professional rounds, 110 to Rodriguez's 62.

Holloway vs Rodriguez form

Max Holloway had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Arnold Allen at UFC Fight Night – Holloway vs. Allen on 15th April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at T-Mobile Center, Kansas City, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 276 on 2nd July 2022 by unanimous decision in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Yair Rodriguez at UFC Vegas 42 on 13th November 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Calvin Kattar at UFC on ABC 1 on 16th January 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

He had been beaten by Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 251 on 11th July 2020 by split decision in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi.

Rodriguez had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he was victorious against Jeremy Stephens at UFC on ESPN 6 on 18th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at TD Garden, Boston, United States.

Previous to that, he was victorious against Jeremy Stephens at UFC on ESPN+ 17 on 21st September 2019 by unanimous decision in the 1st round at Arena Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.

Going into that contest, he had won against Chan Sung Jung at UFC Fight Night 139 on 10th November 2018 by knockout in the 5th round at Pepsi Center, Denver, United States.

Before that, he had been defeated by Frankie Edgar at UFC 211 on 13th May 2017 by knockout in the 2nd round at American Airlines Center, Dallas.

He had beaten BJ Penn at UFC Fight Night 103 on 15th January 2017 by knockout in the 2nd round at Talking Stick Arena, Phoenix.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Max Holloway had been fighting more than Yair Rodriguez.

Going to this contest, Max Holloway had last fought 1 year and 19 days ago, while Yair Rodriguez's last outing had been 4 years, 6 months and 16 days ago.

Holloway's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 9 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 25 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5 rounds on average.

Rodriguez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 3 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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