Max Holloway vs. Anthony Pettis
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
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
Anthony Pettis
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 12 | 13 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 13 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.94 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 19 finish wins over 39 documented bouts
In the UFC: 10-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +5.7 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Max Holloway
Distance 92.2% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 4.2% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 3.5% (norm 6.5%)
Anthony Pettis
Distance 89.7% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 5.0% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 5.3% (norm 8.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Max Holloway
Head 77.4% (norm 77.5%) · Body 15.7% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 6.8% (norm 7.9%)
Anthony Pettis
Head 76.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 16.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 8.1% (norm 8.0%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Holloway L/A | Acc | Featherweight med | Pettis L/A | Acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 3252 / 7071 | 46.0% | 40.5% | 657 / 1425 | 46.1% | 38.3% |
| In the clinch | 246 / 324 | 75.9% | 70.5% | 53 / 79 | 67.1% | 67.5% |
| On the ground | 195 / 271 | 72.0% | 69.3% | 59 / 85 | 69.4% | 68.8% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 2389 / 5935 | 40.3% | 37.1% | 497 / 1207 | 41.2% | 35.1% |
| To the body | 899 / 1207 | 74.5% | 68.0% | 162 / 254 | 63.8% | 69.1% |
| To the legs | 405 / 524 | 77.3% | 80.3% | 110 / 128 | 85.9% | 81.8% |
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: 127 fighters · Lightweight: 204 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/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med | vs Pettis L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 2264 / 5640 | 40.1% | 39.3% | 686 / 1607 | 42.7% | 38.8% |
| In the clinch | 126 / 202 | 62.4% | 70.3% | 136 / 190 | 71.6% | 68.6% |
| On the ground | 67 / 103 | 65.0% | 69.4% | 102 / 165 | 61.8% | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 1559 / 4642 | 33.6% | 35.9% | 519 / 1408 | 36.9% | 35.2% |
| To the body | 346 / 618 | 56.0% | 68.0% | 222 / 328 | 67.7% | 68.2% |
| To the legs | 552 / 685 | 80.6% | 81.5% | 183 / 226 | 81.0% | 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.