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 as in favor of 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 loses 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 loses and 1 draw, with 7 of those wins by knock out and 4 by submission.
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 the less experienced professional fighter, having had 6 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 5 year and 2 months later than Edgar, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 4 less professional rounds, 105 to Edgar's 109.
Holloway vs Edgar 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 defeated 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 beat 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 won against 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, 3 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 22 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.4 rounds on average.
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