Interesting Max holloway stat I discovered

Kattar does have a 3 inch reach advantage. That could make a difference w his jab if he can establish it
 
thanks for hyping the fight guys I enjoy this kind of build up to fights to get me in that zone.
 
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Kattar is also 5 ft 11 and jab heavy. Jabs and 1-2's with good output, looking for the power cross. Max's main move is the pull counter, which works with his height. Could be hard to get going against a good boxer. Kattar is the best jabber Max has fought.
 
The thing I noticed when Max lost to Connor was that Connor kept stifling him with kicks to the hips which functioned like a jab and kept Max from establishing any momentum.
 
You guys are straight trippin, TS was respectful asf and just wanted to point something out. As a Max fan, I was already fearing this fight, this stat didn't help. Kattar is a better boxer, if his kick defense is good I can see him hurting Max bad. Hope I'm wrong and we see a classic Blessed performance.
 
fortheo said:
First of all, yes, I know, stats are just one of many tools to look at when breaking down fights and I'm aware that they can be misleading. I'm not acting like this is the end all be all of breaking down fights, so don't get your panties in a bunch. I'm just bored and looking at some stats. Anyways, I was looking at fight metric and I noticed that nearly every single fighter that beat Max Holloway had something in common—they all average 5 or more significant landed strikes per minute.

Conor averages: 5.43
Dustin averages: 5.57
Volk averages: 6.02

The lone exception is the very controversial decision to Bermudez. This isn't surprising, though, because Bermudez was primarily a wrestler. He averaged 4.52 significant strikes landed per minute.

After realizing this, I looked further and realized that Max Holloway has never beaten a single man in the UFC who averages more than 5 significant strikes landed per minute. Not one.

This is interesting because it suggests that people who can keep a similar output to Max have the best chances of beating him. It's even more interesting when you consider the average significant strikes landed per minute of his next opponent, Calvin Kattar.

Kattar's average: 5.01 significant strikes landed per minute.


This fight is going to be a close one. I'm pumped.
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I think he needs to be able to accumulate a lot of damage over time, but if the other guy is throwing back as much as he is, hes not able to do it, maybe he's just not used to being pressured, because he's always the guy with the higher output. Interesting stat and makes sense with how he fights. All these guys have more power than him too, so if they can match his output he is outgunned.

Still surprised at how Conor went 3 rounds so easily and even grappled back then
 
Max deserves a ton of credit for taking this fight. Kattar is a really exceptional boxer (Max’s bread and butter) who matches Max in height and output.

May the best man win, and if it is Max, hats off to him because this is one of the toughest possible matchups on paper for him.
 
Lmao at the salty Holloway fans trying to unnecessarily educate TS on statistics
 
I know you were just throwing it out there, but by that logic Burgos would annihilate Max right? Not sure I see that happening. Would be a fun fight for sure but I think Max would style on someone with poor striking defense like Burgos

With this Kattar fight I would simply say Kattar's sublime boxing technique and solid cardio should give him a good chance vs Max.
 
Didn’t Conor wrestle Max a lot in their fight? Dustin won by sub first time.

Stats of significant strikes kind of hard to apply to those 2 wins.

Im a numbers guy though, that is a cool stat to have discovered.
 
Cfpcommitteemember said:
Anyone see Max possibly retiring if he loses this?
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I highly doubt he will retire, but he could definitely take a year or two off.

He just turned 29 a few weeks ago. Volkanovski and Kattar are 3-4 years older than him.
 
fortheo said:
First of all, yes, I know, stats are just one of many tools to look at when breaking down fights and I'm aware that they can be misleading. I'm not acting like this is the end all be all of breaking down fights, so don't get your panties in a bunch. I'm just bored and looking at some stats. Anyways, I was looking at fight metric and I noticed that nearly every single fighter that beat Max Holloway had something in common—they all average 5 or more significant landed strikes per minute.

Conor averages: 5.43
Dustin averages: 5.57
Volk averages: 6.02

The lone exception is the very controversial decision to Bermudez. This isn't surprising, though, because Bermudez was primarily a wrestler. He averaged 4.52 significant strikes landed per minute.

After realizing this, I looked further and realized that Max Holloway has never beaten a single man in the UFC who averages more than 5 significant strikes landed per minute. Not one.

This is interesting because it suggests that people who can keep a similar output to Max have the best chances of beating him. It's even more interesting when you consider the average significant strikes landed per minute of his next opponent, Calvin Kattar.

Kattar's average: 5.01 significant strikes landed per minute.


This fight is going to be a close one. I'm pumped.
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The spanner in the works for me is that I thought he won the 2nd Volkanovski fight
 
Max via split decision

About time he was on the winning end of a close one
 
I think kattar is going to win

Max does well when he can lean on his physical tools and advantages. Like in the Aldo fights, he just slugged and outpaced Aldo, who at that point in his career cant go 5 rounds anymore. Just relied on his chin and youth until Aldos age kicked in.

Volkanovski and Dustin both can go 5 rounds, are tough, and are rather crafty. Especially Volk, he had Max fight a slower methodical fight as opposed to a chaotic fight that benefits Max.

Kattar has great boxing, is of similar size than Max, and can go 5 rounds. Hes gonna be there the entire fight, and I think hes going to pull off a decision win.
 
fortheo said:
First of all, yes, I know, stats are just one of many tools to look at when breaking down fights and I'm aware that they can be misleading. I'm not acting like this is the end all be all of breaking down fights, so don't get your panties in a bunch. I'm just bored and looking at some stats. Anyways, I was looking at fight metric and I noticed that nearly every single fighter that beat Max Holloway had something in common—they all average 5 or more significant landed strikes per minute.

Conor averages: 5.43
Dustin averages: 5.57
Volk averages: 6.02

The lone exception is the very controversial decision to Bermudez. This isn't surprising, though, because Bermudez was primarily a wrestler. He averaged 4.52 significant strikes landed per minute.

After realizing this, I looked further and realized that Max Holloway has never beaten a single man in the UFC who averages more than 5 significant strikes landed per minute. Not one.

This is interesting because it suggests that people who can keep a similar output to Max have the best chances of beating him. It's even more interesting when you consider the average significant strikes landed per minute of his next opponent, Calvin Kattar.

Kattar's average: 5.01 significant strikes landed per minute.


This fight is going to be a close one. I'm pumped.
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Maybe I'm not understanding this, but it seems like a bit of a truism. Significant strikes are basically what constitutes winning a fight. It's like saying the team that scored the most goals usually win the game, or that Max loses to guys who are good fighters/strikers.

I mean it may be more meaningful to compare Max's losses to >5 strike fighters to other fighter's losses to >5 strike fighters.

Panties a little creased.
 
TITS said:
Max is going to absolutely style on Kattar. Fuck your stats.
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Those men all have way more power in their shots then Max.
 
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