Holloway vs Aldo

Who won Holloway vs Aldo?

Max Holloway beat Jose Aldo by knockout in the 3rd round during the main event of UFC 218, on Saturday 2nd December 2017 at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.

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).

This contest was for the UFC Featherweight championship.

Holloway vs Aldo stats

Max Holloway stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Jose Aldo made his way to the cage with a record of 26 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Max Holloway's 30th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2012. Jose Aldo marked his 23rd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2011.

Max Holloway's UFC record stood at 22-8-0, while Jose Aldo's came in at 14-9-0.

The stats suggested Aldo had an advantage in power over Holloway, with a 58% knock out percentage over Holloway's 44%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Holloway had a slight advantage over Aldo, with a 11% submission rate over Aldo's 4%.

Max Holloway was the younger man by 5 years, at 33 years old.

Holloway had a height advantage of 4 inches over Aldo. Despite this, Aldo had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Holloway was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 8 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 6 years and 1 month later than Aldo, whose first professional fight was in 2004. He had fought 1 less professional rounds, 113 to Aldo's 114.

Holloway vs Aldo form

Jose Aldo had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Petr Yan at UFC 251 on 11th July 2020 by knockout in the 5th round in their UFC Bantamweight championship fight at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Marlon Moraes at UFC 245 on 14th December 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 237 on 11th May 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Before that, he had won against Renato Moicano at UFC on ESPN+ 2 on 2nd February 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Centro de Formacao Olimpica do Nordeste, Fortaleza.

He had beaten Jeremy Stephens at UFC on FOX 30 on 28th July 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, Canada.

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Aldo's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 10 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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