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Max Holloway
Max Holloway
21-4 · USA
December 14, 2019 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Featherweight · 5 rounds
144.5lb
Weigh-in
145.0lb
Alexander Volkanovski def. Max Holloway by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Volkanovski27/560/100:13
Holloway19/400/000:00
R2
Volkanovski28/480/000:00
Holloway22/550/000:00
R3
Volkanovski35/630/000:00
Holloway22/600/000:00
R4
Volkanovski36/750/100:10
Holloway37/710/000:00
R5
Volkanovski31/610/200:21
Holloway34/770/000:02
Total
Volkanovski157/3030/400:44
Holloway134/3030/000:02

Scorecards

Volkanovski vs Holloway

RdChris LeeJunichiro KamijoMichael BellCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R210-910-99-109.8-9.3
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
R49-1010-910-99.7-9.3
R59-1010-99-109.5-9.5
Total48-4750-4548-4748.8-46.3

Media (19 cards) · avg 48.746.3 · 19 Volkanovski · 0 Holloway

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

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
VolkanovskiWin probabilityHolloway
51.1%48.9%
KO / TKO
36%
Submission
1%
Decision
63%
Expected fight time: 18.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Volkanovski51%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%36%
Submission1%1%
Decision32%63%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes145 (84188)act 157
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 0
Holloway49%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%36%
Submission0%1%
Decision31%63%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes150 (87196)act 134
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.3)act 0
Combined totals~295 sig strikes~0.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R115%
R212%
R35%
R43%
R52%
Distance63%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikes
Volkanovski
47.9%+108
Holloway
-10851.7%
Most takedownstie 63.9%
Volkanovski
26.5%-277
Holloway
+2779.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Volkanovski
Expected: 144.5
144.5
Over 144.5
42.5%
+135
Under 144.5
57.5%
-135
0181362
Holloway
Expected: 150.4
150.5
Over 150.5
42.4%
+136
Under 150.5
57.6%
-136
0188376
Takedowns — over/under
Volkanovski
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
28.9%
+247
Under 0.5
71.1%
-247
035
Holloway
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
12.2%
Exactly 0
87.8%
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 18.7 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
Volkanovski51.1%35.7%+15.4+170
Holloway48.9%64.3%−15.4-200

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
86.6Striking75.3
Volkanovski +11.3
57.9Grappling55.1
Volkanovski +2.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
VolkanovskiHolloway
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1647
Pound-for-pound
1708
1622
Divisional
1709
1528
Striking offense
1564
1518
Striking defense
1517
1516
Grappling offense
1485
1517
Grappling defense
1596
Physical
31 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'11"
71"
Reach
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
6.11
Strikes landed / min
6.78
59%
Strike accuracy
45%
2.49
Strikes absorbed / min
4.29
62%
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.78
Takedowns / 15 min
0.26
38%
Takedown accuracy
83%
73%
Takedown defense
85%
0.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
81%
+7
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
80%
43%
Finish rate
65%
Recent opp. quality
217
Days since last fight
140
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Alexander Volkanovski
  • WJose AldoU-DEC R3
    Close +1257mo before
  • WChad MendesKO/TKO R2
    Close +12011mo before
  • WDarren ElkinsU-DEC R3
    Close -2201y 5mo before
  • WJeremy KennedyKO/TKO R2
    Close -2001y 10mo before
  • WShane YoungU-DEC R3
    both missedClose -6402y 1mo before
Max Holloway
  • WFrankie EdgarU-DEC R5
    Close -3355mo before
  • LDustin PoirierU-DEC R5
    Close -2208mo before
  • WBrian OrtegaKO/TKO R4
    Close -1101y before
  • WJose AldoKO/TKO R3
    Close -2602y before
  • WJose AldoKO/TKO R3
    Close +1252y 6mo before
Volkanovski — win / loss by method
Record: 20-1-0

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
11 wins, 1 loss
W
55% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
15% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 0 losses
W
30% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
4 (57%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
13win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (62%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
3 (23%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (15%)Decision(0%) 0
Holloway — win / loss by method
Record: 21-4-0

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
10 wins, 0 losses
W
48% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
10% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 3 losses
W
43% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
17win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (53%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (12%)Submission(25%) 1
6 (35%)Decision(75%) 3
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
3 (75%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Volkanovski
Holloway
7
UFC fights
21
86.3 min · 12.3 avg
Octagon time
285.8 min · 13.6 avg
14y 2m
Career length
15y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Volkanovski
Holloway
120W–25L · 82.8%
Overall
349W–84L · 80.6%
120W–25L · 82.8%
Wins
291W–73L · 79.9%
0W–0L
Losses
58W–11L · 84.1%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Volkanovski
Holloway
110W–50L · 68.8%
Overall
48W–46L · 51.1%
99W–46L · 68.3%
Wins
48W–46L · 51.1%
11W–4L · 73.3%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Volkanovski
Holloway
6.82
Landed / min
7.18
51.3%
Accuracy
41.6%
65.3%
Defense
64.8%
0.70
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.42
48.6%
Time at distance
78.0%
Grappling & control
Volkanovski
Holloway
2.78
Takedowns / 15 min
0.26
38.1%
Takedown accuracy
83.3%
72.7%
Takedown defense
84.6%
0.52
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.42
88.0%
Control share
34.5%
Strike target map
Volkanovski
  • Head64%(335)div 65%
  • Body13%(70)div 19%
  • Legs23%(122)div 16%
Holloway
  • Head75%(1,444)div 65%
  • Body20%(397)div 19%
  • Legs5%(96)div 16%

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

Alexander Volkanovski
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Max Holloway
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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