Holloway vs Edgar

Who won Holloway vs Edgar?

Max Holloway beat Frankie Edgar by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC 240, on Saturday 27th July 2019 at Rogers Place in Edmonton.

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).

This contest was for the UFC featherweight championship.

Holloway vs Edgar stats

Max Holloway stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Frankie Edgar made his way to the cage with a record of 23 wins, 6 losses and 1 draw, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 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 Frankie Edgar's came in at 18-11-1.

The stats suggested Holloway had an advantage in power over Edgar, with a 50% knock out percentage over Edgar's 30%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Edgar had a slight advantage over Holloway, with a 17% submission rate over Holloway's 10%.

Max Holloway was the younger man by 10 years, at 32 years old.

Holloway had a height advantage of 5 inches over Edgar. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Holloway was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 6 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 5 years and 2 months later than Edgar, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 1 more professional rounds, 110 to Edgar's 109.

Holloway vs Edgar form

Max Holloway had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, 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, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Yair Rodriguez at UFC Vegas 42 on 13th November 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten 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.

Before that, 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.

He had been defeated 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.

Frankie Edgar had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Cory Sandhagen at UFC Vegas 18 on 6th February 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Pedro Munhoz at UFC Vegas 7 on 22nd August 2020 by split decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Chan Sung Jung at UFC on ESPN+ 23 on 21st December 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Sajik Arena, Busan, South Korea.

Before that, he had been defeated by Max Holloway at UFC 240 on 27th July 2019 by unanimous decision in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at Rogers Place, Edmonton, Canada.

He was victorious against Cub Swanson at UFC Fight Night 128 on 21st April 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, United States.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Max Holloway had last fought 1 year, 9 months and 24 days ago, while Frankie Edgar's last outing had been 3 years, 2 months and 20 days ago.

Holloway's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 4 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 25 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5 rounds on average.

Edgar's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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