Holloway vs Jung

Who won Holloway vs Jung?

Max Holloway beat Chan Sung Jung by knockout in the 3rd round during the main event of UFC Fight Night – Holloway vs. Korean Zombie, on Saturday 26th August 2023 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang.

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 Jung 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.

Chan Sung Jung made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 8 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 Chan Sung Jung's came in at 7-5-0.

The stats suggested Holloway had a slight advantage in power over Jung, with a 43% knock out percentage over Jung's 35%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Jung had a massive advantage over Holloway, boasting a 47% submission rate over Holloway's 9%.

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

Holloway had a height advantage of 4 inches over Jung. Despite this, Jung had 3-inch reach advantage.

Holloway was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 6 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 3 years and 2 months later than Jung, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 51 more professional rounds, 110 to Jung's 59.

Holloway vs Jung form

Max Holloway had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Arnold Allen 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 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.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Yair Rodriguez at UFC Vegas 42 on 13th November 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated 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.

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.

Jung had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been defeated by Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 273 on 9th April 2022 by knockout in the 4th round in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

Previous to that, he was victorious against Dan Ige at UFC Vegas 29 on 19th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Brian Ortega at UFC Fight Island 6 on 17th October 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Before that, he had won against Frankie Edgar at UFC on ESPN+ 23 on 21st December 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Sajik Arena, Busan, South Korea.

He had beaten Renato Moicano at UFC on ESPN+ 12 on 22nd June 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, United States.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Max Holloway had been fighting more than Chan Sung Jung.

Going to this contest, Max Holloway had last fought 1 year and 11 days ago, while Chan Sung Jung's last outing had been 2 years and 17 days ago.

Holloway's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 9 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 25 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5 rounds on average.

Jung's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 10 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Holloway vs Jung?

Max Holloway was a 13/100 (-770) favourite going into the contest, while Chan Sung Jung made his way into the ring at 21/4 (+530) with oddsmakers.