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UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Allen
Max Holloway
Max Holloway
23-7 · USA
VS
Arnold Allen
Arnold Allen
19-1 · GBR
April 15, 2023 · Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Featherweight · 5 rounds · Main event
146.0lb
Weigh-in
146.0lb
Max Holloway def. Arnold Allen by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Holloway27/620/000:00
Allen11/330/000:00
R2
Holloway25/490/000:00
Allen19/420/000:00
R3
Holloway33/510/000:00
Allen14/450/000:00
R4
Holloway29/520/000:00
Allen12/390/000:00
R5
Holloway33/480/000:03
Allen20/660/000:42
Total
Holloway147/2620/000:03
Allen76/2250/000:42

Scorecards

Holloway vs Allen

RdChris LeeSal D'AmatoTravis BueskingCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-99-109.2-9.8
R310-910-910-910-9
R410-910-910-99.9-9.1
R59-109-109-109.4-9.6
Total49-4649-4648-4748.5-46.5

Media (30 cards) · avg 48.146.9 · 30 Holloway · 0 Allen

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Holloway-Allen.

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
HollowayWin probabilityAllen
40.3%59.7%
KO / TKO
39%
Submission
27%
Decision
34%
Expected fight time: 14.0 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Holloway, blue toward Allen. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Holloway40%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%46%23%
Submission8%20%6%
Decision14%34%32%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes71 (3096)act 147
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.7)act 0
Allen60%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%34%14%
Submission19%32%7%
Decision20%34%18%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes61 (2683)act 76
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.7)act 0
Combined totals~132 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R128%
R218%
R310%
R46%
R54%
Distance34%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.7%
Holloway
54.0%-119
Allen
+11945.3%
Most takedownstie 50.0%
Holloway
10.9%+358
Allen
-35839.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Holloway
Expected: 70.7
70.5
Over 70.5
39.9%
+151
Under 70.5
60.1%
-151
089177
Allen
Expected: 61.4
61.5
Over 61.5
39.7%
+152
Under 61.5
60.3%
-152
077154
Takedowns — over/under
Holloway
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
16.0%
Exactly 0
84.0%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Allen
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
42.9%
+133
Under 0.5
57.1%
-133
035

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 14.0 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Holloway40.3%60.6%−20.3-172
Allen59.7%39.4%+20.3+143
By method
Holloway by KO/TKO15.7%23.1%−7.4+266
Holloway by submission10.9%5.6%+5.3+1409
Holloway by decision13.7%31.8%−18.1+166
Allen by KO/TKO23.2%13.7%+9.5+519
Allen by submission16.1%7.3%+8.8+1055
Allen by decision20.4%18.4%+2.0+359
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds71.9%79.2%−7.3-594
Over 2.5 rds53.5%70.5%−17.0-302
Over 3.5 rds43.8%62.2%−18.4-197
Over 4.5 rds38.1%54.2%−16.1-137
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision34.1%51.2%−17.1-120

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
72.0Striking71.3
Holloway +0.7
53.1Grappling55.3
Allen +2.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HollowayAllen
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1683
Pound-for-pound
1669
1681
Divisional
1667
1567
Striking offense
1505
1510
Striking defense
1526
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
31 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'8"
69"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
7.24
Strikes landed / min
3.40
47%
Strike accuracy
42%
4.89
Strikes absorbed / min
2.24
59%
Strike defense
67%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.29
Takedowns / 15 min
1.35
53%
Takedown accuracy
50%
84%
Takedown defense
76%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
73%
UFC win rate
100%
-1
Win/loss streak
+10
40%
Last-5 win rate
100%
58%
Finish rate
40%
Recent opp. quality
287
Days since last fight
168
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Max Holloway
  • LAlexander VolkanovskiU-DEC R5
    Close +1589mo before
  • WYair RodriguezU-DEC R5
    Close -6951y 5mo before
  • WCalvin KattarU-DEC R5
    Close -1622y 3mo before
  • LAlexander VolkanovskiS-DEC R5
    Close +1702y 9mo before
  • LAlexander VolkanovskiU-DEC R5
    Close -2003y 4mo before
Arnold Allen
  • WCalvin KattarKO/TKO R2
    Close -1226mo before
  • WDan HookerKO/TKO R1
    Close -1151y 1mo before
  • WSodiq YusuffU-DEC R3
    Close -1082y before
  • WNik LentzU-DEC R3
    Close -2353y 3mo before
  • WGilbert MelendezU-DEC R3
    Close -3203y 9mo before
Holloway — win / loss by method
Record: 23-7-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
10 wins, 0 losses
W
43% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
9% of wins
L
14% of losses
Decision
11 wins, 6 losses
W
48% of wins
L
86% of losses
UFC
19win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (47%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (11%)Submission(14%) 1
8 (42%)Decision(86%) 6
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
3 (75%)Decision() 0
Allen — win / loss by method
Record: 19-1-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
7 wins, 0 losses
W
37% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
21% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 1 loss
W
42% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
10win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (20%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (20%)Submission() 0
6 (60%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
9win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (56%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (22%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (22%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Holloway
Allen
26
UFC fights
10
410.8 min · 15.8 avg
Octagon time
122.0 min · 12.2 avg
15y 11m
Career length
14y 4m
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

Holloway
Allen
453W–93L · 83.0%
Overall
183W–59L · 75.6%
330W–79L · 80.7%
Wins
183W–59L · 75.6%
123W–14L · 89.8%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Holloway
Allen
48W–46L · 51.1%
Overall
58W–26L · 69.0%
48W–46L · 51.1%
Wins
51W–24L · 68.0%
0W–0L
Losses
7W–2L · 77.8%
Distance striking
Holloway
Allen
7.73
Landed / min
4.94
44.4%
Accuracy
41.1%
60.3%
Defense
70.9%
0.29
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.37
80.7%
Time at distance
60.7%
Grappling & control
Holloway
Allen
0.29
Takedowns / 15 min
1.35
53.3%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
84.0%
Takedown defense
76.5%
0.33
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.37
39.3%
Control share
48.0%
Strike target map
Holloway
  • Head69%(2,040)div 64%
  • Body23%(681)div 20%
  • Legs9%(254)div 16%
Allen
  • Head75%(312)div 64%
  • Body17%(70)div 20%
  • Legs8%(33)div 16%

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

Max Holloway
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

Arnold Allen
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.