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

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

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against 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, United Arab Emirates.

Previous to that, he had beaten Jeremy Stephens at UFC 249 on 9th May 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Zabit Magomedsharipov at UFC on ESPN+ 21 on 9th November 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at CSKA Arena, Moscow, Russia.

Before that, he had been beaten by Renato Moicano at UFC 223 on 7th April 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Barclays Center, Brooklyn, United States.

He had defeated Shane Burgos at UFC 220 on 20th January 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at TD Garden, Boston.

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Kattar's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 8 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

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