Holloway vs Kattar

Who won Holloway vs Kattar?

Max Holloway beat Calvin Kattar by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC on ABC 1, on Saturday 16th January 2021 at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi.

The scorecards were announced 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 Kattar stats

Max Holloway stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Calvin Kattar made his way to the cage with a record of 22 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Max Holloway's 29th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2012. Calvin Kattar marked his 13th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2017.

Max Holloway's UFC record stood at 22-7-0, while Calvin Kattar's came in at 7-6-0.

The stats suggested Kattar had a slight advantage in power over Holloway, with a 50% knock out percentage over Holloway's 48%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Holloway had a slight advantage over Kattar, with a 10% submission rate over Kattar's 9%.

Max Holloway was the younger man by 4 years, at 32 years old.

Kattar had 3-inch reach advantage.

Holloway was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 3 years and 2 months later than Kattar, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 31 more professional rounds, 110 to Kattar's 79.

Holloway vs Kattar form

Holloway had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 251 on 11th July 2020 by split decision in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 245 on 14th December 2019 by unanimous decision in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had won against Frankie Edgar at UFC 240 on 27th July 2019 by unanimous decision in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at Rogers Place, Edmonton, Canada.

Before that, he had been defeated by Dustin Poirier at UFC 236 on 13th April 2019 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at State Farm Arena, Atlanta, United States.

He had beaten Brian Ortega at UFC 231 on 8th December 2018 by knockout in the 4th round in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Canada.

Kattar 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 had defeated Dan Ige at UFC Fight Island 1 on 15th July 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Previous to that, he was victorious against Jeremy Stephens at UFC 249 on 9th May 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Zabit Magomedsharipov at UFC on ESPN+ 21 on 9th November 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at CSKA Arena, Moscow, Russia.

Before that, he had been beaten by Renato Moicano at UFC 223 on 7th April 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Barclays Center, Brooklyn, United States.

He had won against Shane Burgos at UFC 220 on 20th January 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at TD Garden, Boston.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Max Holloway had last fought 3 years, 9 months and 17 days ago, while Calvin Kattar's last outing had been 3 years, 9 months and 13 days ago.

Holloway's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 24 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.8 rounds on average.

Kattar's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 3 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

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