UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway returns to the octagon Saturday for what he hopes will be his fourth consecutive title defense, this time against Alexander Volkanovski.
Since his title reign began two years ago, Holloway (21-4 MMA, 17-4 UFC) has proven himself to be one of the most dominant champions in the sport. “Blessed” will attempt to continue that against Volkanovski (20-1 MMA, 7-0 UFC) when they meet in the UFC 245 co-headliner, which takes place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN2 and ESPN+/UFC Fight Pass.
With another significant contest in Holloway’s career just around the corner, there’s no better time to take a closer look at everything he’s achieved to date and what records are in store if he continues his championship form at UFC 245.
General statistics
Holloway is ranked No. 1 in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie MMA featherweight rankings and No. 7 pound-for-pound.
He is set to become the first fighter to reach 20 UFC featherweight appearance.
At 28, he becomes the youngest fighter to make 22 UFC appearances.
His 13-fight UFC winning streak that was snapped at UFC 236 is tied with Jon Jones, Georges St-Pierre and Demetrious Johnson for the second longest in company history behind Anderson Silva (16).
His 13-fight UFC winning streak in featherweight competition is the longest active streak in the division.
At 25, he became the youngest fighter in UFC history to earn 15 victories with the organization at UFC 218 in December 2017. He was also the youngest to reach 10 wins at age 23.
His 16 victories in UFC featherweight competition are the most in divisional history.
His 10 stoppage victories in UFC featherweight competition are the most in divisional history.
His eight knockout victories in UFC featherweight competition are most in divisional history.
His six third-round stoppage victories in UFC competition are tied with Randy Couture and Yoel Romero for most in company history.
His eight knockdowns landed in UFC featherweight competition are tied with Chad Mendes and Josh Emmett for second-most in divisional history behind Jeremy Stephens (11).
His seven fight-night bonuses for UFC featherweight bouts are tied with Chan Sung Jung and Yair Rodriguez for second most in divisional history behind Cub Swanson (eight).
Championship statistics
Holloway is one of three fighters in UFC history to win the undisputed featherweight title, along with Jose Aldo and Conor McGregor.
He is one of two Hawaiian-born champions in UFC history. B.J. Penn also accomplished the feat.
His three consecutive featherweight title defenses are most current male UFC champions and second most overall behind Amanda Nunes (four).
He became the first champion in more than nine years to record a successful title defense immediately after suffering a loss when he beat Frankie Edgar at UFC 240.
He has won four of his five UFC featherweight championship fight appearances by knockout.
In-fight statistics
Holloway becomes the third fighter in UFC history to reach 22 octagon appearances without suffering a knockdown. Penn and Jones also accomplished the feat.
His 1,937 significant strikes landed in UFC competition are most in company history.
His rate of 6.61 significant strikes landed per minute in UFC featherweight competition is second highest in divisional history behind Shane Burgos (7.09).
He landed 290 significant strikes against Brian Ortega at UFC 231, the single-fight UFC record.
He landed 134 significant strikes in Round 4 a UFC 231, the single-round UFC record.
He and Ortega combined for 400 significant strikes landed at UFC 231, the single-fight UFC record.
He is the only fighter in history to land 100 or more significant strikes in nine separate UFC fights. Joanna Jedrzejczyk ranks second with seven such performances.
His total fight time of 4:07:00 in UFC featherweight competition is second most in divisional history behind Darren Elkins (4:09:04).
'The Blessed Era': Inside Max Holloway's resume ahead of UFC 245
