Holloway vs Allen

Who won Holloway vs Allen?

Max Holloway beat Arnold Allen by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC Fight Night – Holloway vs. Allen, on Saturday 15th April 2023 at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City.

The scorecards were announced as 49-46, 49-46, 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 Allen stats

Max Holloway stepped into the octagon with a record of 23 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Arnold Allen made his way to the cage with a record of 19 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 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. Arnold Allen marked his 13th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2015.

Max Holloway's UFC record stood at 22-7-0, while Arnold Allen's came in at 11-2-0.

The stats suggested Holloway had a slight advantage in power over Allen, with a 43% knock out percentage over Allen's 37%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Allen had an advantage over Holloway, with a 21% submission rate over Holloway's 9%.

Max Holloway was the older man by 2 years, at 32 years old.

Holloway had a height advantage of 3 inches over Allen. Despite this, Allen had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Holloway was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 10 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 1 year and 6 months earlier than Allen, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 52 more professional rounds, 110 to Allen's 58.

Holloway vs Allen form

Allen had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Max Holloway 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 won against Calvin Kattar at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen on 29th October 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Dan Hooker at UFC Fight Night London on 19th March 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at 02 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had defeated Mads Burnell at UFC Fight Night 130 on 27th May 2018 by submission in the 3rd round at Echo Arena, Liverpool.

He was victorious against Makwan Amirkhani at UFC Fight Night 107 on 18th March 2017 by split decision in their 3 round contest at 02 Arena, London.

Activity check

Allen's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 5 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 6 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Holloway vs Allen?

Max Holloway was a 29/50 (-170) favourite going into the contest, while Arnold Allen made his way into the ring at 7/5 (+140) with oddsmakers.