Back in 2012, a young 21-year-old Max Holloway made his way to the UFC. He was immediately thrown into the fire, facing future champions Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor within his first six UFC bouts. Holloway went 3-3 in those three bouts and used those experiences to launch into one of the best win streaks we have ever seen.
Holloway rattled off 14 straight wins at 145 pounds, defeating Cub Swanson, Charles Oliveira, Jeremy Stephens, Ricardo Lamas, Frankie Edgar, Anthony Pettis, Aldo twice and Brian Ortega. This run made “Blessed” one of the most popular fighters in the sport and proved that he was one of the best fighters in the world.
Holloway’s 17 UFC featherweight wins are the second most only behind Aldo and his 18 UFC/WEC combined victories. Holloway’s 14 fight win streak is the longest streak by any featherweight in UFC history and he also holds the record for the most finishes in UFC featherweight history with 10. Holloway also has landed more strikes than any featherweight in UFC history.
Back-to-back close title fight losses to Alexander Volkanovski left Holloway in kind of an awkward spot, but instead of complaining about it, Holloway went back to work and delivered one of the greatest performances we’ve ever seen against Calvin Kattar.
This weekend at UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs Rodriguez, Holloway has a chance to add to his argument that he deserves a third chance at defeating Volkanovski by making a statement against Yair Rodriguez.
