Poirier vs Holloway

Who won Poirier vs Holloway?

Dustin Poirier beat Max Holloway by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC 236, on Saturday 13th April 2019 at State Farm Arena in Atlanta.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Dustin Poirier.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Poirier vs Holloway stats

Dustin Poirier stepped into the octagon with a record of 24 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Max Holloway made his way to the cage with a record of 20 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Dustin Poirier's 31st fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2011. Max Holloway marked his 29th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2012.

Dustin Poirier's UFC record stood at 22-8-0, while Max Holloway's came in at 22-7-0.

The stats suggested that Poirier and Holloway have similar power, both with a 50% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Poirier had an advantage over Holloway, with a 29% submission rate over Holloway's 10%.

Dustin Poirier was the older man by 3 years, at 35 years old.

Holloway had a height advantage of 2 inches over Poirier. Despite this, he had a 4-inch reach advantage.

Poirier was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 6 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 1 year and 3 months earlier than Holloway, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 21 less professional rounds, 89 to Holloway's 110.

Poirier vs Holloway form

Poirier had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Islam Makhachev at UFC 302 on 1st June 2024 by submission in the 5th round in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at Prudential Center, Newark, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Benoit Saint-Denis at UFC 299 on 9th March 2024 by knockout in the 2nd round at Kaseya Center, Miami.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Justin Gaethje at UFC 291 on 29th July 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City.

Before that, he had beaten Michael Chandler at UFC 281 on 12th November 2022 by submission in the 3rd round at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

He had been defeated by Charles Oliveira at UFC 269 on 11th December 2021 by submission in the 3rd round in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

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Poirier's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Holloway's last 3 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 1 month and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 4 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.3 rounds on average.

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