Holloway vs Kattar

Who won Holloway vs Kattar?

Max Holloway beat Calvin Kattar by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC on ABC 1, on Saturday 16th January 2021 at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi.

The scorecards were announced 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 Kattar stats

Max Holloway stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Calvin Kattar made his way to the cage with a record of 22 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Max Holloway's 29th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2012. Calvin Kattar marked his 13th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2017.

Max Holloway's UFC record stood at 22-7-0, while Calvin Kattar's came in at 7-6-0.

The stats suggested Kattar had a slight advantage in power over Holloway, with a 50% knock out percentage over Holloway's 48%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Holloway had a slight advantage over Kattar, with a 10% submission rate over Kattar's 9%.

Max Holloway was the younger man by 4 years, at 32 years old.

Kattar had a 3-inch reach advantage.

Holloway was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 3 years and 2 months later than Kattar, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 31 more professional rounds, 110 to Kattar's 79.

Holloway vs Kattar form

Holloway had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, 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.

Previous to that, he had lost to Dustin Poirier at UFC 236 on 13th April 2019 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at State Farm Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, 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.

He was victorious against Jose Aldo at UFC 212 on 3rd June 2017 by knockout in the 3rd round in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at HSBC Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Calvin Kattar had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had been beaten by Arnold Allen at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen on 29th October 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been defeated by Josh Emmett at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Emmett on 18th June 2022 by split decision in their 5 round contest at Moody Center, Austin.

Going into that contest, he had won against Giga Chikadze at UFC Fight Night on 15th January 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had lost to Max Holloway 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 beaten Dan Ige at UFC Fight Island 1 on 15th July 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Calvin Kattar had been fighting more than Max Holloway.

Going to this contest, Max Holloway had last fought 4 years, 11 months and 27 days ago, while Calvin Kattar's last outing had been 1 year, 8 months and 25 days ago.

Holloway's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 1 month and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 20 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

Kattar's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 21 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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