Max Holloway
“Blessed”
Max Holloway is ranked 9th of 506 lightweights by the First Light Rating, and 4th in the UFC’s own lightweight rankings.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 2,0389th of 506 · Lightweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.76Fame ahead of skill
- Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 2,061, 19 Jul 2025
- Record
- 28–9Pro
Fame against skill.
Every fighter with an FLI, by skill and fame. Hover a dot for the fighter; click to open their page. The dashed curve is the fame their skill predicts: above it, a fighter is more famous than their skill; below it, better than their fame.
Skill and attention.
Attention is drawn at the skill level its fame matches: above the skill line, more famous than skilled. Shaded: 2,000 careers simulated from today, fight by fight; the dashed line is the middle one.
Recent fights.
| Date | Fight | FLR |
|---|---|---|
| 11 Jul 2026 | Won vs Conor McGregorUFC 329 - McGregor vs. Holloway 2 · TKO (Knee Injury), R1 | +5 |
| 7 Mar 2026 | Lost to Charles Oliveira TitleUFC 326 - Holloway vs. Oliveira 2 · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | −25 |
| 19 Jul 2025 | Won vs Dustin Poirier TitleUFC 318 - Holloway vs. Poirier 3 · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | +14 |
| 26 Oct 2024 | Lost to Ilia Topuria TitleUFC 308 - Topuria vs. Holloway · KO (Punches), R3 | −12 |
| 13 Apr 2024 | Won vs Justin Gaethje TitleUFC 300 - Pereira vs. Hill · KO (Punch), R5 | +24 |
| 26 Aug 2023 | Won vs Chan Sung JungUFC Fight Night 225 - Holloway vs. Korean Zombie · KO (Punch), R3 | +21 |
| 15 Apr 2023 | Won vs Arnold AllenUFC on ESPN 44 - Holloway vs. Allen · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | +14 |
| 2 Jul 2022 | Lost to Alexander Volkanovski TitleUFC 276 - Adesanya vs. Cannonier · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | −20 |
| 13 Nov 2021 | Won vs Yair RodriguezUFC Fight Night 197 - Holloway vs. Rodriguez · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | 0 |
| 16 Jan 2021 | Won vs Calvin KattarUFC on ABC 1 - Holloway vs. Kattar · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | +19 |
| 11 Jul 2020 | Lost to Alexander Volkanovski TitleUFC 251 - Usman vs. Masvidal · Decision (Split), R5 | −6 |
| 14 Dec 2019 | Lost to Alexander Volkanovski TitleUFC 245 - Usman vs. Covington · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | −12 |
FLR is what the fight did to their First Light Rating: the true measure of skill.
How it is measured.
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
How these numbers are made.
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