Jerome Max Keli'i Holloway was born on December 4,1991 and is an American professional mixed martial artist.
51 Facts About Max Holloway
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Max Holloway currently competes in the Featherweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
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Max Holloway was born on Honolulu, Hawaii, and raised in Waianae, an area known for fist fighting.
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Max Holloway's parents were heavy drug users, his mother Missy Kapoi being a crystal meth consumer who later recovered.
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Max Holloway started training kickboxing in 2007 at the end of his sophomore year, aged 15, out of Team Ruthless, and went on to win his first amateur bout in the sport after three days of training.
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Max Holloway was the youngest fighter on the UFC roster when he made his promotional debut as an injury replacement for Ricardo Lamas at UFC 143 on February 4,2012, against Dustin Poirier.
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Max Holloway lost the fight via submission in the first round.
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Max Holloway defeated Justin Lawrence, on August 11,2012, at UFC 150.
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Max Holloway won the fight via TKO in the second round.
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Max Holloway fought Leonard Garcia on December 29,2012, at UFC 155, replacing an injured Cody McKenzie.
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Max Holloway faced Dennis Bermudez on May 25,2013, at UFC 160.
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Max Holloway faced Conor McGregor on August 17,2013, at UFC Fight Night 26.
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Max Holloway faced promotional newcomer Will Chope on January 4,2014, at UFC Fight Night 34.
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Max Holloway won the fight via TKO in the second round.
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Max Holloway faced Andre Fili on April 26,2014, at UFC 172.
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Max Holloway won the back-and-forth fight after submitting Fili in the third round.
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Max Holloway was expected to face Mirsad Bektic on August 23,2014, at UFC Fight Night 49, replacing an injured Ernest Chavez.
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Max Holloway again served as a replacement and faced Akira Corassani on October 4,2014, at UFC Fight Night 53, filling in for Chan Sung Jung.
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Max Holloway won the fight via knockout in the first round.
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Max Holloway faced Cole Miller on February 15,2015, at UFC Fight Night 60.
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Max Holloway faced Cub Swanson on April 18,2015, at UFC on Fox 15.
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Max Holloway finished the fight with a mounted guillotine in the third round.
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Max Holloway faced Charles Oliveira on August 23,2015, at UFC Fight Night 74.
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Max Holloway faced Jeremy Stephens on December 12,2015, at UFC 194.
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Max Holloway faced Ricardo Lamas on June 4,2016, at UFC 199.
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Max Holloway faced Anthony Pettis for the interim UFC Featherweight Championship on December 10,2016, at UFC 206.
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Max Holloway won the fight via TKO in the third round and was awarded a Performance of the Night bonus.
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Max Holloway faced the featherweight champion Jose Aldo in a title unification bout on June 3,2017, at UFC 212.
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On October 4,2017, Max Holloway revealed that he had signed a new multi-fight deal with UFC.
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Max Holloway was expected to face Frankie Edgar on December 2,2017, at UFC 218; however, on November 8,2017, Edgar withdrew from the card due to injury and was replaced by Jose Aldo.
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Max Holloway won the fight via TKO in the third round and retained the UFC Featherweight belt.
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However, it was announced on February 3,2018, that Max Holloway had been forced to pull out of the bout due to a leg injury.
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Max Holloway, who had no fight scheduled and was not in a training camp, accepted the fight with only six days to prepare.
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Max Holloway was then scheduled to defend his UFC Featherweight Championship title on July 7,2018, at UFC 226 against Brian Ortega.
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Max Holloway won the fight via TKO at the end of fourth round by doctor stoppage.
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Max Holloway broke the record for most significant strikes in one fight with 290, broke the record for landing 134 of those significant strikes in a round, and set the record for most victories in UFC featherweight history with fifteen.
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Max Holloway moved up a weight class and faced Dustin Poirier in a rematch for the interim UFC Lightweight Championship on April 13,2019, at UFC 236.
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Max Holloway came back down to featherweight, and a bout against former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar was scheduled a third time and eventually took place on July 27,2019, in the main event of UFC 240.
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Max Holloway won the fight by unanimous decision, successfully defending his featherweight title for a third time.
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Max Holloway lost the fight via unanimous decision, ending his featherweight reign.
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Max Holloway faced Calvin Kattar on January 16,2021, headlining UFC on ABC 1.
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Max Holloway set the UFC single-fight records for total strikes landed and attempted, significant strikes landed and attempted, strike differential, distance strikes landed, significant head strikes landed and significant body strikes landed.
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Max Holloway's fourth-round set the record for strikes and significant strikes landed.
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Max Holloway was scheduled to face Yair Rodriguez on July 17,2021, at UFC on ESPN 26.
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On June 17,2021, reports stated that Max Holloway was forced to pull out of the fight with Rodriguez due to injury.
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Max Holloway faced Yair Rodriguez on November 13,2021, at UFC Fight Night 197.
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Max Holloway was scheduled to face Alexander Volkanovski for the UFC Featherweight Championship on March 5,2022, at UFC 272.
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However, a day after the fight announcement, Max Holloway was forced to pull from the event due to injury.
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Max Holloway faced Arnold Allen on April 15,2023 at UFC on ESPN 44.
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Max Holloway married his long-time girlfriend Kaimana Pa'aluhi in 2012, with whom he has one son, Rush Max Holloway.
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Max Holloway began dating Hawaiian pro surfer Alessa Quizon in early 2020 and they got married on April 16,2022.