Holloway vs Aldo

Who won Holloway vs Aldo?

Max Holloway beat Jose Aldo by knockout in the 3rd round during the main event of UFC 218, on Saturday 2nd December 2017 at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.

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 Aldo stats

Max Holloway stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Jose Aldo made his way to the cage with a record of 26 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 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 Jose Aldo's came in at 13-7-0.

The stats suggested Aldo had an advantage in power over Holloway, with a 58% knock out percentage over Holloway's 44%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Holloway had a slight advantage over Aldo, with a 11% submission rate over Aldo's 4%.

Max Holloway was the younger man by 5 years, at 32 years old.

Holloway had a height advantage of 4 inches over Aldo. Despite this, Aldo had 1-inch reach advantage.

Holloway was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 8 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 6 years and 1 month later than Aldo, whose first professional fight was in 2004. He had fought 5 more professional rounds, 110 to Aldo's 105.

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Aldo's last 2 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 9 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 10 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

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