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UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Kattar
Max Holloway
Max Holloway
21-6 · USA
VS
Calvin Kattar
Calvin Kattar
22-4 · USA
January 16, 2021 · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Featherweight · 5 rounds · Main event
146.0lb
Weigh-in
146.0lb
Max Holloway def. Calvin Kattar by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Holloway56/1080/000:00
Kattar24/470/000:00
R2
Holloway89/1640/000:00
Kattar20/480/100:03
R3
Holloway75/1390/000:13
Kattar29/590/100:00
R4
Holloway141/1910/100:14
Kattar34/710/000:02
R5
Holloway84/1420/000:00
Kattar26/580/000:00
Total
Holloway445/7440/100:27
Kattar133/2830/200:05

Scorecards

Holloway vs Kattar

RdBen CartlidgeDavid LethabyMichael BellCommunity
R110-910-910-910-8.9
R210-810-810-810-8
R310-910-910-910-8.7
R410-810-810-810-7.7
R510-910-810-910-8.2
Total50-4350-4250-4350-41.5

Media (24 cards) · avg 5042.4 · 24 Holloway · 0 Kattar

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

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 probabilityKattar
65.2%34.8%
KO / TKO
31%
Submission
1%
Decision
68%
Expected fight time: 21.2 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 Kattar. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Holloway65%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%31%15%
Submission1%1%5%
Decision44%68%37%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes183 (79249)act 445
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.1)act 0
Kattar35%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%31%16%
Submission0%1%5%
Decision24%68%20%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes122 (52166)act 133
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.7)act 0
Combined totals~305 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R16%
R25%
R311%
R46%
R54%
Distance68%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikes
Holloway
62.9%-171
Kattar
+17136.8%
Most takedownstie 58.9%
Holloway
29.6%-258
Kattar
+25811.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Holloway
Expected: 183.4
183.5
Over 183.5
39.7%
+152
Under 183.5
60.3%
-152
0230459
Kattar
Expected: 121.9
122
Over 122
39.5%
+152
Exactly 122
0.4%
push
Under 122
60.1%
-152
0153305
Takedowns — over/under
Holloway
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
32.5%
+208
Under 0.5
67.5%
-208
035
Kattar
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
15.0%
Exactly 0
85.0%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 21.2 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
Holloway65.2%58.8%+6.4-163
Kattar34.8%41.2%−6.4+130
By method
Holloway by KO/TKO20.5%14.9%+5.6+450
Holloway by submission0.5%5.5%−5.0+1399
Holloway by decision44.2%37.3%+6.9+120
Kattar by KO/TKO10.9%16.4%−5.5+400
Kattar by submission0.2%5.5%−5.3+1399
Kattar by decision23.6%20.5%+3.1+300
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds94.2%79.2%+15.0-549
Over 2.5 rds89.0%72.6%+16.4-350
Over 3.5 rds78.3%66.3%+12.0-250
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision67.8%59.4%+8.4-175

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
73.2Striking59.8
Holloway +13.3
53.9Grappling44.1
Holloway +9.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HollowayKattar
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1672
Pound-for-pound
1605
1671
Divisional
1605
1560
Striking offense
1523
1515
Striking defense
1498
1473
Grappling offense
1456
1608
Grappling defense
1562
Physical
29 yrs
Age
32 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'11"
69"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
6.47
Strikes landed / min
5.01
45%
Strike accuracy
41%
4.52
Strikes absorbed / min
5.66
61%
Strike defense
57%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.22
Takedowns / 15 min
0.47
83%
Takedown accuracy
38%
84%
Takedown defense
89%
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
74%
UFC win rate
75%
-2
Win/loss streak
+2
40%
Last-5 win rate
80%
65%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
189
Days since last fight
185
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Max Holloway
  • LAlexander VolkanovskiS-DEC R5
    Close +1706mo before
  • LAlexander VolkanovskiU-DEC R5
    Close -2001y 1mo before
  • WFrankie EdgarU-DEC R5
    Close -3351y 6mo before
  • LDustin PoirierU-DEC R5
    Close -2201y 9mo before
  • WBrian OrtegaKO/TKO R4
    Close -1102y 1mo before
Calvin Kattar
  • WDan IgeU-DEC R5
    Close -2866mo before
  • WJeremy StephensKO/TKO R2
    opp missedClose -2508mo before
  • LZabit MagomedsharipovU-DEC R3
    Close +2351y 2mo before
  • WRicardo LamasKO/TKO R1
    Close -1751y 7mo before
  • WChris FishgoldKO/TKO R1
    Close -2002y 3mo before
Holloway — win / loss by method
Record: 21-6-0

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
48% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
10% of wins
L
17% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 5 losses
W
43% of wins
L
83% of losses
UFC
17win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (53%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (12%)Submission(17%) 1
6 (35%)Decision(83%) 5
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
3 (75%)Decision() 0
Kattar — win / loss by method
Record: 22-4-0

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
11 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
9% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 3 losses
W
41% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
6win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (33%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
16win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (44%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (13%)Submission(50%) 1
7 (44%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Holloway
Kattar
23
UFC fights
8
335.8 min · 14.6 avg
Octagon time
96.6 min · 12.1 avg
15y 11m
Career length
19y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Holloway
Kattar
390W–86L · 81.9%
Overall
132W–33L · 80.0%
291W–73L · 79.9%
Wins
104W–31L · 77.0%
99W–13L · 88.4%
Losses
28W–2L · 93.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Holloway
Kattar
48W–46L · 51.1%
Overall
106W–57L · 65.0%
48W–46L · 51.1%
Wins
95W–48L · 66.4%
0W–0L
Losses
11W–9L · 55.0%
Distance striking
Holloway
Kattar
6.77
Landed / min
4.72
41.5%
Accuracy
40.1%
62.3%
Defense
57.1%
0.36
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.62
80.4%
Time at distance
94.6%
Grappling & control
Holloway
Kattar
0.22
Takedowns / 15 min
0.47
83.3%
Takedown accuracy
37.5%
83.9%
Takedown defense
88.9%
0.36
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
33.1%
Control share
57.8%
Strike target map
Holloway
  • Head72%(1,573)div 64%
  • Body21%(456)div 20%
  • Legs7%(144)div 16%
Kattar
  • Head74%(360)div 64%
  • Body15%(72)div 20%
  • Legs11%(52)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.

Calvin Kattar
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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