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 30th 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 22-8-0.

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 36 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 24 less professional rounds, 89 to Holloway's 113.

Poirier vs Holloway form

Poirier had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to 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, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Conor McGregor at UFC 264 on 10th July 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Conor McGregor at UFC 257 on 23rd January 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Before that, he had defeated Dan Hooker at UFC Vegas 4 on 27th June 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

He had been beaten by Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 242 on 7th September 2019 by submission in the 3rd round in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at du Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Holloway had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he was victorious against Chan Sung Jung at UFC Fight Night – Holloway vs. Korean Zombie on 26th August 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had won against Arnold Allen at UFC Fight Night – Holloway vs. Allen on 15th April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at T-Mobile Center, Kansas City, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 276 on 2nd July 2022 by unanimous decision in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had beaten Yair Rodriguez at UFC Vegas 42 on 13th November 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had defeated 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.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Max Holloway had been fighting more than Dustin Poirier.

Going to this contest, Dustin Poirier had last fought 3 years, 4 months and 21 days ago, while Max Holloway's last outing had been 1 year, 8 months and 6 days ago.

Poirier's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 7 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Holloway's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 3 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 23 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.6 rounds on average.

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