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.

Max Holloway's UFC record stood at 22-7-0, while Arnold Allen's came in at 10-2-0.

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 55 more professional rounds, 110 to Allen's 55.

Holloway vs Allen form

Holloway had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to 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.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten 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.

Before that, 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.

He had defeated Jose Aldo at UFC 218 on 2nd December 2017 by knockout in the 3rd round in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, United States.

Activity check

Holloway's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 7 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 4 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 22 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.4 rounds on average.

Allen's last 4 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 4 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 10 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 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.