Holloway vs Allen

Who won Holloway vs Allen?

Max Holloway beat Arnold Allen by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC Fight Night – Holloway vs. Allen, on Saturday 15th April 2023 at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City.

The scorecards were announced as 49-46, 49-46, 48-47 in favor of the winner Max Holloway.

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).

Holloway vs Allen stats

Max Holloway stepped into the octagon with a record of 23 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Arnold Allen made his way to the cage with a record of 19 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Max Holloway's 30th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2012. Arnold Allen marked his 13th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2015.

Max Holloway's UFC record stood at 22-8-0, while Arnold Allen's came in at 11-2-0.

The stats suggested Holloway had a slight advantage in power over Allen, with a 43% knock out percentage over Allen's 37%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Allen had an advantage over Holloway, with a 21% submission rate over Holloway's 9%.

Max Holloway was the older man by 2 years, at 33 years old.

Holloway had a height advantage of 3 inches over Allen. Despite this, Allen had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Holloway was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 10 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 1 year and 6 months earlier than Allen, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 55 more professional rounds, 113 to Allen's 58.

Holloway vs Allen 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.

Allen had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Giga Chikadze at UFC 304 – Manchester on 27th July 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Co-op Live Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had lost to Movsar Evloev at UFC 297 on 20th January 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Canada.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Max Holloway 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.

Before that, he was victorious against Calvin Kattar at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen on 29th October 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had won against Dan Hooker at UFC Fight Night London on 19th March 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at 02 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Max Holloway had last fought 2 years, 11 months and 25 days ago, while Arnold Allen's last outing had been 11 months ago.

Holloway's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 6 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 25 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5 rounds on average.

Allen's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 3 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Holloway vs Allen?

Max Holloway was a 29/50 (-170) favourite going into the contest, while Arnold Allen made his way into the ring at 7/5 (+140) with oddsmakers.