Holloway vs Rodriguez

Who won Holloway vs Rodriguez?

Max Holloway beat Yair Rodriguez by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC Vegas 42, on Saturday 13th November 2021 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 49-46, 48-47, 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 Rodriguez stats

Max Holloway stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Yair Rodriguez made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

This was Max Holloway's 29th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in February 2012.

Max Holloway's UFC record stood at 22-7-0, while Yair Rodriguez's came in at 10-4-0.

The stats suggested Holloway had an advantage in power over Rodriguez, with a 45% knock out percentage over Rodriguez's 31%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Rodriguez had an advantage over Holloway, with a 23% submission rate over Holloway's 9%.

Max Holloway was the older man by 1 year, at 32 years old.

Rodriguez had 2-inch reach advantage.

Holloway was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 13 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 1 year earlier than Rodriguez, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 48 more professional rounds, 110 to Rodriguez's 62.

Holloway vs Rodriguez form

Max Holloway had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, 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, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Yair Rodriguez at UFC Vegas 42 on 13th November 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten 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.

Before that, 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.

He had been defeated by 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.

Activity check

Holloway's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 4 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 25 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5 rounds on average.

Rodriguez's last 2 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 3 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 7 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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