Max Holloway vs. Calvin Kattar

UFC 24-9-0 vs. 7-8-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
24-9-0
UFC record
7-8-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
34
AgeΔ 4 yrs
38
5'11"
HeightΔ 0"
5'11"
69"
ReachΔ 3"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
0.9
Layoff (months)Δ 12 mo
12.9
WLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Max Holloway outworks the Featherweight division — 6.92 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.54 norm.
Calvin Kattar absorbs 6.55 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.47 Featherweight norm — hittable.
Max Holloway rarely shoots — 0.22 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Max Holloway

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 249
Tier 3 — regional circuit 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.62 · 24 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 37 documented bouts

In the UFC: 20-9 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.9 wins over .500

Calvin Kattar

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 168
Tier 3 — regional circuit 72

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.25 · 16 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.7 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

36936.92/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
9774.41/min · norm 3.54
24574.60/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
14536.55/min · norm 3.47
48.2%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
38.0%norm 45.0%
58.7%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
54.8%norm 54.85%
120.34/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
50.34/15 · norm 0.29

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Max Holloway

Distance 92.2% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 4.2% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 3.5% (norm 6.5%)

Calvin Kattar

Distance 95.5% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 1.2% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 3.4% (norm 6.5%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Max Holloway

Head 77.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 15.7% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 6.8% (norm 7.8%)

Calvin Kattar

Head 87.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 8.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 4.0% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Holloway L/AAccFeatherweight med Kattar L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 3252 / 7071 46.0% 40.9% 908 / 2456 37.0% 40.9%
In the clinch 246 / 324 75.9% 70.8% 16 / 30 53.3% 70.8%
On the ground 195 / 271 72.0% 69.2% 53 / 87 60.9% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 2389 / 5935 40.3% 37.2% 760 / 2260 33.6% 37.2%
To the body 899 / 1207 74.5% 68.2% 131 / 209 62.7% 68.2%
To the legs 405 / 524 77.3% 80.7% 86 / 104 82.7% 80.7%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Featherweight: 126 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Holloway L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Kattar L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 2264 / 5640 40.1% 39.2% 1416 / 3148 45.0% 39.2%
In the clinch 126 / 202 62.4% 70.3% 24 / 39 61.5% 70.3%
On the ground 67 / 103 65.0% 69.4% 13 / 27 48.1% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 1559 / 4642 33.6% 35.9% 859 / 2446 35.1% 35.9%
To the body 346 / 618 56.0% 67.9% 325 / 450 72.2% 67.9%
To the legs 552 / 685 80.6% 81.5% 269 / 318 84.6% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
853.3% acc · 0.22/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
529.4% acc · 0.34/15 · norm 1.19
13681.4% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
3477.3% def · norm 61.5%
29:455.6% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
6:222.9% of cage time · norm 16.7%
61:201:43 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
13:230:54 per 15 · norm 3:12
100.28/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
10.07/15 · norm 0.46

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Holloway has more cage time on record.