Volkanovski vs Holloway

Who won Volkanovski vs Holloway?

Alexander Volkanovski beat Max Holloway by split decision in their 5 round contest during the co-main event of UFC 251, on Saturday 11th July 2020 at UFC Fight Island in Abu Dhabi.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Alexander Volkanovski.

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).

This contest was for the UFC featherweight championship.

Volkanovski vs Holloway stats

Alexander Volkanovski stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Max Holloway made his way to the cage with a record of 21 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Max Holloway marked his 29th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in February 2012.

Alexander Volkanovski's UFC record stood at 13-3-0, while Max Holloway's came in at 22-7-0.

The stats suggested Volkanovski had a slight advantage in power over Holloway, with a 52% knock out percentage over Holloway's 48%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Volkanovski had a slight advantage over Holloway, with a 14% submission rate over Holloway's 10%.

Alexander Volkanovski was the older man by 3 years, at 35 years old.

Holloway had a height advantage of 5 inches over Volkanovski. Despite this, he had 3-inch reach advantage.

Volkanovski was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 4 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 1 year and 8 months later than Holloway, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 28 less professional rounds, 82 to Holloway's 110.

Volkanovski vs Holloway form

Max Holloway had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to 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.

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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.

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