Dustin Poirier vs. Max Holloway
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Dustin Poirier
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 22 | 9 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 8 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.44 · 22 tier-1/2 wins · 23 finish wins over 41 documented bouts
In the UFC: 15-9 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.0 wins over .500
Max Holloway
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 24 | 9 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 4 | 0 |
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
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Dustin Poirier
Distance 81.8% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 11.3% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 7.0% (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)
Dustin Poirier
Head 87.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 6.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.2% (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 | Poirier L/A | Acc | Lightweight med | Holloway L/A | Acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 1415 / 3044 | 46.5% | 38.3% | 3252 / 7071 | 46.0% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 280 / 419 | 66.8% | 67.5% | 246 / 324 | 75.9% | 70.5% |
| On the ground | 166 / 259 | 64.1% | 68.8% | 195 / 271 | 72.0% | 69.3% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 1490 / 3244 | 45.9% | 35.1% | 2389 / 5935 | 40.3% | 37.1% |
| To the body | 182 / 249 | 73.1% | 69.1% | 899 / 1207 | 74.5% | 68.0% |
| To the legs | 189 / 229 | 82.5% | 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 Poirier L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med | vs Holloway L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 1285 / 2951 | 43.5% | 38.8% | 2264 / 5640 | 40.1% | 39.3% |
| In the clinch | 197 / 277 | 71.1% | 68.6% | 126 / 202 | 62.4% | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 145 / 184 | 78.8% | 68.0% | 67 / 103 | 65.0% | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 1048 / 2658 | 39.4% | 35.2% | 1559 / 4642 | 33.6% | 35.9% |
| To the body | 364 / 491 | 74.1% | 68.2% | 346 / 618 | 56.0% | 68.0% |
| To the legs | 215 / 263 | 81.7% | 81.5% | 552 / 685 | 80.6% | 81.5% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Holloway has more cage time on record.