Ricardo Lamas vs. Max Holloway

UFC 11-6-0 vs. 24-9-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
11-6-0
UFC record
24-9-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
44
AgeΔ 10 yrs
34
5'8"
HeightΔ 3"
5'11"
71"
ReachΔ 2"
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
71.3
Layoff (months)Δ 70.4 mo
0.9
WLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWLW

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.
Ricardo Lamas is a submission threat — 0.86 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
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

Ricardo Lamas

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 116
Tier 3 — regional circuit 92

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.07 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 28 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.3 wins over .500

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6003.43/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
36936.92/min · norm 3.54
5503.14/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
24574.60/min · norm 3.47
49.5%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
48.2%norm 45.0%
56.7%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
58.7%norm 54.85%
20.17/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
120.34/15 · norm 0.29

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

Ricardo Lamas

Distance 78.5% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 10.2% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 11.3% (norm 6.5%)

Max Holloway

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

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

Ricardo Lamas

Head 66.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 20.6% (norm 7.8%)

Max Holloway

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

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Lamas L/AAccFeatherweight med Holloway L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 392 / 951 41.2% 40.9% 3252 / 7071 46.0% 40.9%
In the clinch 110 / 123 89.4% 70.8% 246 / 324 75.9% 70.8%
On the ground 98 / 137 71.5% 69.2% 195 / 271 72.0% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 295 / 807 36.6% 37.2% 2389 / 5935 40.3% 37.2%
To the body 125 / 155 80.6% 68.2% 899 / 1207 74.5% 68.2%
To the legs 180 / 249 72.3% 80.7% 405 / 524 77.3% 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 Lamas L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Holloway L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 406 / 1077 37.7% 39.2% 2264 / 5640 40.1% 39.2%
In the clinch 95 / 135 70.4% 70.3% 126 / 202 62.4% 70.3%
On the ground 49 / 59 83.1% 69.4% 67 / 103 65.0% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 357 / 994 35.9% 35.9% 1559 / 4642 33.6% 35.9%
To the body 120 / 180 66.7% 67.9% 346 / 618 56.0% 67.9%
To the legs 73 / 97 75.3% 81.5% 552 / 685 80.6% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2130.9% acc · 1.80/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
853.3% acc · 0.22/15 · norm 1.19
1341.9% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
13681.4% def · norm 61.5%
40:0522.9% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
29:455.6% of cage time · norm 16.7%
38:043:15 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
61:201:43 per 15 · norm 3:12
100.86/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
100.28/15 · 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.