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

Holloway 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 Ilia Topuria at UFC 308 on 26th October 2024 by knockout in the 3rd round in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Previous to that, he had won against Justin Gaethje at UFC 300 on 13th April 2024 by knockout in the 5th round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten 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.

Before that, he had defeated 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.

He had been beaten 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.

Activity check

Holloway's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 21 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.2 rounds on average.

Allen's last 4 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 3 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 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.