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Charles Oliveira vs. Max Holloway

UFC 25-11-0 (1 NC) vs. 24-9-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
25-11-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
24-9-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
37
AgeΔ 3 yrs
34
5'10"
HeightΔ 1"
5'11"
74"
ReachΔ 5"
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
7.5
Layoff (months)Δ 4.2 mo
3.3
WWLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Charles Oliveira is a submission threat — 2.59 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.48 Lightweight norm.
Max Holloway outworks the Featherweight division — 6.92 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.52 norm.
Charles Oliveira owns the mat — in control 35% of cage time, vs a 19% Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Charles Oliveira

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 2511
Tier 3 — regional circuit 80

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.52 · 25 tier-1/2 wins · 28 finish wins over 45 documented bouts

In the UFC: 19-11 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.4 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

9543.23/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
36936.92/min · norm 3.52
9003.05/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
24574.60/min · norm 3.50
55.6%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
48.2%norm 44.7%
49.0%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
58.7%norm 54.8%
80.41/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
120.34/15 · norm 0.29

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

Charles Oliveira

Distance 69.9% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 13.5% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 16.6% (norm 8.0%)

Max Holloway

Distance 92.2% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 4.2% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 3.5% (norm 6.5%)

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

Charles Oliveira

Head 68.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 20.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 10.3% (norm 8.0%)

Max Holloway

Head 77.4% (norm 77.5%) · Body 15.7% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 6.8% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Oliveira L/AAccLightweight med Holloway L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 560 / 1199 46.7% 38.3% 3252 / 7071 46.0% 40.5%
In the clinch 173 / 231 74.9% 67.5% 246 / 324 75.9% 70.5%
On the ground 221 / 285 77.5% 68.8% 195 / 271 72.0% 69.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 565 / 1182 47.8% 35.1% 2389 / 5935 40.3% 37.1%
To the body 246 / 357 68.9% 69.1% 899 / 1207 74.5% 68.0%
To the legs 143 / 176 81.2% 81.8% 405 / 524 77.3% 80.3%

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 (Lightweight: 204 fighters · Featherweight: 127 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 Oliveira L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Holloway L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 615 / 1341 45.9% 38.8% 2264 / 5640 40.1% 39.3%
In the clinch 72 / 105 68.6% 68.6% 126 / 202 62.4% 70.3%
On the ground 213 / 317 67.2% 68.0% 67 / 103 65.0% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 658 / 1421 46.3% 35.2% 1559 / 4642 33.6% 35.9%
To the body 168 / 240 70.0% 68.2% 346 / 618 56.0% 68.0%
To the legs 74 / 102 72.5% 81.5% 552 / 685 80.6% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
4539.8% acc · 2.29/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
853.3% acc · 0.22/15 · norm 1.17
2854.9% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
13681.4% def · norm 61.5%
102:0334.6% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
29:455.6% of cage time · norm 16.5%
83:194:14 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
61:201:43 per 15 · norm 3:11
512.59/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
100.28/15 · norm 0.45

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